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Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by native_samples »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #238
yodelshady wrote: post #201

> Read MTP devices > Mount an SSH or NFS drive I know fanboy debates are tiresome, but... I really do struggle to comprehend taking a device that can't do these things seriously as a computer. As a toy yes, or as a specialised tool for video or audio rendering, which... fair enough. But moving bytes is something any general purpose computing device should be good at. It's almost something you have to actively design…

NFS mounts are supported in macOS natively SSH mounts are done with osxfuse MTP support is also available: https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp This article feels a bit like the author didn’t look very hard for solutions to a lot of their problems, but instead skipped straight to writing an article to complain about things they didn’t understand.

For MTP he says: "On a Mac I need to install some shonky 3rd party software which rarely works."

This seems like a reasonable complaint.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by lloeki »

zamadatix wrote: post #221
lloeki wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When using gestures, the animations kind of match the gesture, which makes them slow because you can physically cancel them. But some of these may help. There may be more (or less), it's been a while. defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.003 defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.15 defaults write com.apple…

It's got nothing to do with gestures, the key combo has the same switch delay as a quick gesture swipe (Which seems to have the same delay as mission control selection) when switching workspaces. I've spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to get rid of this workspace switch delay. The tipping point for me on it was switching to a 16" Pro with a 120 Hz screen and finding out that means it now takes longer to s…

Got it. In my experience switching with shortcuts takes half a second (which I understand can be annoying, being an i3wm user myself) and is visibly faster than evn quick gestures, which have a slower ease-out for me (but that may be due to how I swipe)

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by djrockstar1 »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #238
yodelshady wrote: post #201

> Read MTP devices > Mount an SSH or NFS drive I know fanboy debates are tiresome, but... I really do struggle to comprehend taking a device that can't do these things seriously as a computer. As a toy yes, or as a specialised tool for video or audio rendering, which... fair enough. But moving bytes is something any general purpose computing device should be good at. It's almost something you have to actively design…

NFS mounts are supported in macOS natively SSH mounts are done with osxfuse MTP support is also available: https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp This article feels a bit like the author didn’t look very hard for solutions to a lot of their problems, but instead skipped straight to writing an article to complain about things they didn’t understand.

Oversights like these always make me wonder if the author is cunning and Cunningham's Law is at play.

Why look very hard for solutions when you can just claim there are no solutions and wait for someone to disprove you?

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by shric »

maleldil wrote: post #156
shrew wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah that last point really struck a nerve. - Open lid - Lock screen shows - Screen fades to black as it realises there's an external monitor - Finally unlock, windows are all bunched up on the internal display - Everything becomes unresponsive, maybe even another fade to black - A minute after initially opening the lid, suddenly all the windows pop back into place I have no idea if this is improved on M1 machines, but…

IME, macOS (Monterey on M1 Pro) handles this better than Windows 10. Everything goes to the right places right away, whereas in Windows you'd have windows all over the place.

Windows 10 also, last time I checked, doesn't understand the concept of DPI properly. No idea if it's been fixed in 11.

That is, if you have for example a 27" 4K monitor next to a 27" 1080p monitor then the 1080p version is treated as though it's 25% of the size and the mouse gets "stuck" in the 4K monitor unless you're within the 50% of the screen that Windows thinks your 1080p monitor is adjacent to. This works sanely in macOS as it rightly treats each monitor as having the same size.

It's even more comical if you have a very high dpi laptop next to a 1080p or 1440p large desktop monitor.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by tgv »

vondro wrote: post #227

Apart from written in the article, my 2 cents: - cannot invert scrolling just for mouse (I use normal mouse with wheel, not apple mouse) -> I have an app for that - cannot connect Mac to a low dpi screen (like 1080p) without macOS looking like crap On the other hand, macOS can run MS Office, or professional video and photo editing apps, which Linux cannot do. Alternatives exist, but are IMO worse.

IIRC, there's a horrible work-around for the first item: hook up a magic mouse, invert the direction, and then plug in your mouse.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by shric »

shrew wrote: post #114
dotancohen wrote: post #72

I had to use a Mac at work some time ago. Here's my list: * Cannot drag to copy, middle-click to paste. * No way to disable sticky keys lock. * No way to set ESC as Caps Lock. * No way to set a keyboard shortcut for each specific language. (I use five) * Alt-tab to an _Application_, not a _Window_. How many times will I Alt-Tab to.... nothing! * Return from sleep will rearrange the order of the connected monitors, ev…

Ah that last point really struck a nerve. - Open lid - Lock screen shows - Screen fades to black as it realises there's an external monitor - Finally unlock, windows are all bunched up on the internal display - Everything becomes unresponsive, maybe even another fade to black - A minute after initially opening the lid, suddenly all the windows pop back into place I have no idea if this is improved on M1 machines, but…

It's vastly improved on the M1 machines, I shared the same frustrations on the Intel 16".

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by defluct »

SXX wrote: post #88

I'll add some to the list: - Control external monitor sound volume. There are buggy paid and open source solutions, but they all trigger all kind of bugs with sound and macOS itself. - Capture game audio with OBS together with microphone input. - Being able to wait for files to copy and work Finder at the same time. Yeah I could find replacement for Finder, but why the hell? - Use Valve Proton. Yeah, Linux is great t…

https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by GlassKingdom »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #238
yodelshady wrote: post #201

> Read MTP devices > Mount an SSH or NFS drive I know fanboy debates are tiresome, but... I really do struggle to comprehend taking a device that can't do these things seriously as a computer. As a toy yes, or as a specialised tool for video or audio rendering, which... fair enough. But moving bytes is something any general purpose computing device should be good at. It's almost something you have to actively design…

NFS mounts are supported in macOS natively SSH mounts are done with osxfuse MTP support is also available: https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp This article feels a bit like the author didn’t look very hard for solutions to a lot of their problems, but instead skipped straight to writing an article to complain about things they didn’t understand.

osxfuse is not a reasonable answer. The author says “without unsupported 3rd party tools”.

I have severe problems with osxfuse on M1: janky behaviour and system crashes. This stuff should be native.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by everdrive »

nottorp wrote: post #236

I wonder if the OP has switched from Windows to Linux initially. And did he write a piece complaining that everything isn't exactly how they're used to then? A lot of "i'd switch but" articles - in all directions - basically come down to "the destination doesn't work how i'm used to". Even though they're fundamentally as crappy in the background. When someone asks me why I use Mac OS as my main desktop I answer "it's…

Well said. This is always part of why everyone will have different favorites. Different OSes have different pain points, and not everyone is trying to accomplish the same things with their computers.

Re: Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)

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Post by shric »

Reason077 wrote: post #119
Hamuko wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it's about making the physical Esc key function as a Caps Lock, that's not an option in the modifier keys. If it's about making the physical Caps Lock key work as an Esc, then that's possible.

Oh, yes you're correct. Strange that they let you do it one way but not the other.

It's probably because many people have no use for caps lock so want an escape key on the home row. Not many people want another caps lock key in a hard to reach position.
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