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Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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>Note that I don’t currently consider Windows a viable alternative. For the work that I do (Rails) and tools I use something *nix based is the best choice for me. For what it's worth Windows 10 now has a bash shell based on Ubuntu available. http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-l...

Setting up a Rails environment on it has plenty of quirks, though. And other common Linux apps don't work right either, ones you typically install along with Rails

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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I have been watching elementary from the sidelines and I am wondering how deep is the keyboard integration in Pantheon? I moved from OSX to Linux recently too and I am generally pretty happy with multi-monitor and pseudo-tiling support in gnome3. I can do most of my window movement and application switching with few shortcuts (it requires few gnome extensions). Such as - 1. switch application with shortcut rather tha…

The keyboard integration in Pantheon seems pretty comparable to GNOME.

I just finished importing my 1Password data into https://www.enpass.io looks like it might turn out to be a good option.

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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post #15

Trying to do exactly the same thing - I still have a maxed out rMBP 2013 that works great, so setting up alternatives now before I'm forced to. The Intel Skull Canyon NUC is what I'm using, with Elementary running on Virtualbox in Windows 10 (waiting for the Samsung 960 EVO to sell globally before setting up a native install). The one massive problem for me that keeps me going back to the laptop is that the Mac absol…

Yes I suspect the keyboard shortcuts will bother me too. One of the things I like about Elementary is that there are a bunch of things bound to Command out of the box. They also refer to it as ⌘, which has a nice familiarity about it.

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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To the point (reality) of Arch's amazing docs; I fully agree with the author. I've never experienced a more comprehensive and up-to-date doc regarding a distro. For this reason, I exclusively use Arch for both desktop and laptop. It is a freeing/empowering experience installing Arch.

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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Funny that this got written. I've looked at switching from macOS to Windows 10. My first operating system was Windows 95. I then upgraded to 98, and later XP. I decided to go with a Mac in 2008 after Windows Vista just couldn't get itself together.

I use Macs at work, and I've been using Windows 10 at home since June, with my old Apple keyboard and everything. My impression is that both operating systems are very close to parity. I use the same apps on both, including a lot of Unixy stuff that now works fine on Windows. Even the Windows font rendering is a lot like the Mac's now. The Mac ecosystem still has a huge advantage in hardware quality, but I think Micr…

Except the stupid decision(s) they continue to make, like advertisements in my operating system.

Seriously, i can't comprehend why they take a paying customer (me) and frequently think i want to see their ads my operating system is some kind of blog.

(The ad in question is for me to try some new microsoft product.. i forget which one offhand, Office Live? no idea. I usually see too much red when it happens to even read.)

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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> Removing the Esc key you can switch back to default F1... keys > Removing all legacy ports necessitating the use of dongles for everything Somewhere have to start the transition > Prioritising thinness and weight over everything else Batterylife is the same Worst thing on the new rMBPs: No silent trackpad click option m( I use OS X just as an client.

>> Removing the Esc key > you can switch back to default F1... keys

Not following... the physical key is gone, replaced by the touch bar?

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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> Removing the Esc key you can switch back to default F1... keys > Removing all legacy ports necessitating the use of dongles for everything Somewhere have to start the transition > Prioritising thinness and weight over everything else Batterylife is the same Worst thing on the new rMBPs: No silent trackpad click option m( I use OS X just as an client.

> Batterylife is the same

Quite a few folks including Consumer Reports would differ with you on that point.

Re: Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X

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post #28

> Removing the Esc key you can switch back to default F1... keys > Removing all legacy ports necessitating the use of dongles for everything Somewhere have to start the transition > Prioritising thinness and weight over everything else Batterylife is the same Worst thing on the new rMBPs: No silent trackpad click option m( I use OS X just as an client.

>> Removing the Esc key > you can switch back to default F1... keys Not following... the physical key is gone, replaced by the touch bar?

The key is gone. The touchbar can be set to always show virtual function keys, though. Not the best option if you touch type, of course.
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