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Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by ByteJockey »

howdydoo wrote: post #71
linux_is_nice wrote: post #36

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Arch Linux :)

I heard rumors long ago that Arch has occasional stability problems caused by updates. Is that still true these days? I guess that's ironic to hear considering my original question, but I appreciate a different update cadence between the OS (I want LTS, stable) and things like `ripgrep`, which if there's a bug, it won't keep me from booting my system and I can just downgrade if I notice it.

> I heard rumors long ago that Arch has occasional stability problems caused by updates. Is that still true these days?

Been using arch for ~5 years. Maybe once a year something goes funky and I have to check the news page to see if any manual interventions are required.

They give you the exact command to run most (all?) of the time.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by dudeinhawaii »

Pop_OS looks interesting! Quick note to the system76 guys, I think the Digital Audio Workstation section seems off. Audacity is a great tool but it has more in common with a basic SoundRecorder app than LogicPro or GarageBand. It's more of a great utility that you use in addition to those. I think you missed Gimp vs Photoshop as a great comparison as well as Blender vs Autodesk tools for 3D modeling and rendering.

All in all this is a great reminder of how far Desktop linux has come and how narrow the software gap is. In some cases, the Linux options are better or as fully-fledged while also being free\unencumbered.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by yepthatsreality »

pjmlp wrote: post #54
yepthatsreality wrote: post #35

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Every year is the Year of Linux on the Desktop as more people move over.

20 years for 1%, there is always hope I guess.

Only if you view the achievement as trying to win market share, but since Linux is FOSS there technically is no market to share with the commercially provided OSes. Market share only matters if you're trying to make money by creating the OS. Otherwise Year of Linux on the Desktop is a personal goal for the user so the usage is actually 100% when they switch over. 2021 was the year that Sally and Bob switched, 2022 will be the year Derrick, Anne and Louisa switch, etc.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by yepthatsreality »

mindcrime wrote: post #124

I can't say much about the MacOS side of things (I do use a Mac at my day-job, but only because the choice is Mac or Windows, no Linux option). But as far as PopOS goes... I've been using it full-time on my personal laptop for several months now, and I'm very happy. Surprisingly so, you might say. Why "surprising?" Well TBH, I always looked at PopOS as kind of a niche / oddball thing, along with any other distro that…

> (I do use a Mac at my day-job, but only because the choice is Mac or Windows, no Linux option).

This is true at my employment too but we just tell them we're installing a Linux OS and IT does not care. You may want to check if you can get a Linux option by choosing Windows hardware.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by na85 »

taeric wrote: post #256
na85 wrote: post #170

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>And, for the life of me, I never get copy paste from a terminal to work like I want it to. Doesn't command+c/command+v work?

I think most of my trouble is highlighting the part I want copied. Can't remember, and I now do most of my work in emacs. Such that I am now used to all of my editor buffer being treated the same.

Fair enough.

I use emacs as well, but apple touchpads are good enough that frankly it's probably faster for me to just highlight text in iterm2 with the mouse (which is what I do). In emacs I use the standard C-spc shortcuts, though.

None of my work is particularly terminal-heavy, thankfully.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by db48x »

mindwok wrote: post #109
xedrac wrote: post #94

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Why bother implementing ctrl+c and ctrl+v in Linux when highlighting text copies it, and middle click pastes it? Ctrl+c feels like the dark ages in comparison.

The biggest pain with this is when you want to highlight some other text to paste over. For example I use the keyboard method for copying urls and pasting into my address bar, otherwise when you select all on the address bar you copy that instead.

At least in Firefox you don’t need to clear out the urlbar before pasting into it; what you paste replaces whatever is there. Dunno about Chrome.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by gsinclair »

amelius wrote: post #172
somenewaccount1 wrote: post #66

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Lol. I came here to say the only thing that matters is that copy and paste in Linux is 'cntrl+shift+c'. You can try changing it, but your still fucked in most terminals, and then you end up with two key combos depending on context. It's a nightmare, and I'm really glad you have the top comment. Clearly I'm not alone.

Why don't we have dedicated "Copy" and "Paste" keys yet? I hate typing Ctrl+Key all the time. Put them in the place of "Scroll Lock" and "Pause/Break" or "SysRq".

You can achieve this by using your own keyboard (one which has extra programmable keys) or by using Karabiner (or AutoHotKey or …) to make life easier for you. For instance, if you hold C down it could interpret that as Command-C.

Re: Switching from macOS to Pop_OS

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Post by nebula8804 »

ejj28 wrote: post #52
nebula8804 wrote: post #38

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Throw them in the trash and buy a new PC. They are pretty cheap.

Having worked at an independent PC repair shop, there are a lot of people who would rather keep using their old 6+ year old laptops and have SSDs installed in them than go out and buy a new laptop. Yeah there are cheap ones for sale, but they're underpowered, have regular old HDDs, and only 4GB of RAM. Plus, now they're coming with Windows 11 preinstalled, which will annoy a lot of people who are used to Windows 7 or…

Windows 10 is like 6-7 years old now no? This cannot be representing the majority of the market. How much of the market actually upgrades their OEM pcs?
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