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Re: Can't you just right click?

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Post by zelly »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #426
lucb1e wrote: post #2

This makes me wonder how open source is supposed to work on macOS. People seem to become more and more aware of it and even enterprises that insisted on support contracts can see that they can't get around open source completely anymore. Meanwhile Apple is removing the ability for me to have a pet project without paying an Apple tax. If the message were completely transparent, something like "The developer didn't pay…

Like all other legitimate software on MacOS; they get a developer account and distribute it via the app store. For years, Windows got laughed at by EVERYONE because there was so much malware on it - in part because of its laissez-faire approach to letting the user install anything from anywhere. Mac went for the closed garden approach and there's hardly any malware, adware, scareware or whatever -ware you can think o…

> As for poorer people and countries, isn't this where the open source charities come in? Isn't this where the big FAANGs - including Apple - and the investors and everyone that earned billions off of software should come in?

It would be hilarious if Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, etc. decide to start a charitable foundation which just deposits $99 checks into Apple's bank account. They should do it. I wouldn't be able to stop laughing.

Re: Can't you just right click?

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Post by Tade0 »

rsfinn wrote: post #309
gfxgirl wrote: post #305

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There are plenty of comparisons online showing for the same price as a Mac you can get a PC that will edit your photos, compress your videos, render your 3D architecture 3x to 4x as fast as the fastest Mac you can buy. If you're a professional might be throwing money down the toilet waiting for your mac depending on your use case. Note: I'm not a mac hater. I have 2, one I use every day and love it. I also have a PC…

I’m very curious to see whether this is still true once Apple starts shipping Pro machines with Apple Silicon processors. What if it’s not? How would that change the balance?

That's a big "maybe", because apparently for them it's just a way to stop using Intel's outdated technology.

AMD is currently running circles around Intel and won't be that easy to beat, especially because they have much lower prices.

Re: Can't you just right click?

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Post by teddyh »

cel1ne wrote: post #295
m463 wrote: post #218

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I remember RMS saying that the GPL was updated because one "obvious" freedom was not so obvious -- you could meet all the requirements of the GPL, without giving the right to RUN the software. GPL3 allows that. And looking backwards, apple shipped software that was GPL2, but would not ship software that was GPL3. As one example, bash and make all quietly stopped getting updates from apple when the GPL3 versions came…

AFAIK, you don't have to ship the source to be GPL-compliant, you just have to provide it upon request.

Nitpick: Not really. What you have to do is provide an offer for source code; accompanying the program, not after the fact. If anyone has not provided such an offer, they have already broken the GPL.

Re: Can't you just right click?

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Post by solarkraft »

mih wrote: post #439
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #426

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Like all other legitimate software on MacOS; they get a developer account and distribute it via the app store. For years, Windows got laughed at by EVERYONE because there was so much malware on it - in part because of its laissez-faire approach to letting the user install anything from anywhere. Mac went for the closed garden approach and there's hardly any malware, adware, scareware or whatever -ware you can think o…

> ... in part because of its laissez-faire approach to letting the user install anything from anywhere. This comment makes it seem like installing software outside of a curated store is responsible for security issues, but this is exactly what Linux and other like OSes do. You can install apps from anywhere and I'll wager you'll find less malware, adware etc. for them in the wild, than the Mac. Granted usage of these…

Most standard Linux repos are highly curated, with even distro specific patches and stuff.

The difference is that there is no rent seeking and you can choose your curator.

Re: Can't you just right click?

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Post by stunt »

As macOS market share increases, Apple definitely doesn't want to become another attractive platform for malware developers like windows XP.

I guess if they make it more intuitive for users to run unsigned apps when they want to, everyone would be still happy with those restrictions. It's just about adding clear message and additional buttons. So I would be happy with having the option and my grandmother is also happy with some level of protection.

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Post by reportgunner »

fizzled wrote: post #310

All of these people saying: switch to Windows, its better than mac! Have you really done that? REALLY? Because I work on Mac, Win10 and Linux every day. And Win10 doesn't even come close to the other two in terms of reliability, stability, and lack of unnecessary bullshit. I just don't understand who can make this claim that Win is better than Macos with a straight face. Maybe for gaming. Maybe. The cost/fps is clear…

Perhaps it's you who is bad if you need handrails to not fall off the stairs when using Win10.

I'm not claiming it's a good OS, but it is definitely possible to make it usable if you spend 20 minutes reading and 1 hour configuring.

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Post by jeffhuys »

reportgunner wrote: post #460
cwhiz wrote: post #275

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>It is a lifestyle brand now, people money because it is Apple, not because there is real value they gain for the higher cost. Oh come now, there are millions and millions of professionals using macOS to do work every single day. This is basically a slippery slope fallacy. Today they're making it marginally hard, what might they do tomorrow?!? There are many reasons to prefer macOS to Linux or Windows. The Apple ecos…

> Oh come now, there are millions and millions of professionals using macOS to do work every single day. Wait, have you seen them ? Can you link the source for this claim ? > seamlessness of owning an Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, AirPods, and a macOS device. Why do you need this seamlessness ? Is your attention span so short that you forget what you were doing after the first error pops up ?

>Why do you need this seamlessness ? Is your attention span so short that you forget what you were doing after the first error pops up ?

Are you seriously asking why one would want a system to be more seamless? Less cognitive overhead = more productivity, period.

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Post by ralfd »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #436
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #424

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That's generally a good thing. If they don't know their way around the system then you probably don't want them installing software.

They're competent enough to install software, they just don't explore a lot in the UI. If they can't figure out how to do something with what's in front of them, they have a tendency to assume it can't be done. In other words, if they click on an app and the only options are "Move to Trash" and "Cancel", they're going to assume that their only options are moving the app to the trash or cancelling

Which is the intended goal as they will never install malware.

Re: Can't you just right click?

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Post by zelly »

barrkel wrote: post #286
defnotashton2 wrote: post #271

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Have yet to see a non Mac track pad that has more than two gestures..

Try fusuma (gem install fusuma, may need user adding to input group to run, or run it with sudo). Gestures on trackpad for recent (libinput) Linux. It runs xdotool to stuff the keyboard buffer with keystrokes when it sees certain gestures. E.g. three finger swipe left and right do Alt-Left and Alt-Right, which have the effect of Back and Forward in the browser and some other browsing apps (e.g. IntelliJ). Four-finger…

Trackpad gestures are not the same as a keyboard shortcut. A shortcut runs one command as a discrete event, whereas a gesture is continuous e.g. what % zoom did your pinch gesture represent.
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