Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#1

Post by zathan » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 8:55 PM UTC

Switching from macOS to Pop_OS
support.system76.com

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#2

Post by multiplegeorges » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:11 PM UTC

Is it finally the year of Linux on the desktop?

But seriously, the work System76 is doing is really great. PopOS is really nice to use. The attention it is getting is well deserved.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#3

Post by 88913527 » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

I find the branding of the gigantic P and the exclamation point, when used as a backdrop, to be excessively distracting from the content in the foreground.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#4

Post by EB-Barrington » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

Wanted to read this link, but 404: https://support.system76.com/articles/Pop!_OS-20.04-LTS-Rele...

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#5

Post by zibzab » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

This is the distro that LTT used to test Linux gaming, right?

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by super_linear » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

88913527 wrote: post #3

I find the branding of the gigantic P and the exclamation point, when used as a backdrop, to be excessively distracting from the content in the foreground.

Also find it hard to read the article since I see "Pop!_OS" and think they're trying to emphasize something

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#7

Post by sam0x17 » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:16 PM UTC

PopOS is nice, but I still find that nothing beats Budgie as far as Ubuntu distros go. Just way cleaner UI than anything else out there.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#8

Post by upbeat_general » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

Having switched from macOS to PopOS very recently, it’s been pretty smooth. My only real issue is that Remote Desktop support is worse than macOS which is itself far worse than Windows RDP. I know it’s a Linux/Debian wide problem, but I’d really like someone to step up and bundle something polished out of the box.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

#9

Post by kevinak » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

I recently installed Pop_OS on a new Workstation and wanted it to look and feel like MacOS as much as possible. It's surprisingly easy. You can even make Firefox look like Safari if that's your jazz.

Here's what I used: https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by flatiron » Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 9:22 PM UTC

upbeat_general wrote: post #8

Having switched from macOS to PopOS very recently, it’s been pretty smooth. My only real issue is that Remote Desktop support is worse than macOS which is itself far worse than Windows RDP. I know it’s a Linux/Debian wide problem, but I’d really like someone to step up and bundle something polished out of the box.

Vnc? I think most people use ssh for remote for Linux which is why it probably doesn’t get much love