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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 LeFantome »

NoThisIsMe wrote: post #411
warp wrote: post #398

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's installing a pkg file, takes about a minute and it is a one time operation you will never really need to do again. Typically I have to do it once a year, because the kernel extension seems to break with every new macOS version.

> Have you ever daily driven a linux box? Times have changed but you will jump through hoops far more often than on macOS. > - written from my frankenstein arch linux macbook pro That depends entirely on what you're doing, what software and hardware you're using. Any Linux distro on a MacBook (unless it's an old model)? Yeah, lots of hoops.

I am installing Garuda Linux on a MacBook Pro later today. I have never installed Garuda before. I will let you know how it goes. After a good experience installing Manjaro on an iMac, I am expecting it to go well.

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

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Post by larrik »

haneul wrote: post #472
larrik wrote: post #467

I switched from Linux Mint desktop to an M1 Air last year. Performance-wise, the M1 is very impressive, probably feels about 80% as fast as my 6 year old desktop (that sounds like snark, but it isn't). Meanwhile, the battery life is insane (I've never brought the charger anywhere but my desk, and will often use it for a week out and about). I opted for the Magic Keyboard and Magic Touchpad, because I had a lot of tro…

defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1 Works on my M1 Max well enough to be satisfied with my mouse in SC2.

This simply hasn't worked for me in years. Haven't tried in about a year, though.

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

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Post by q3k »

chrisseaton wrote: post #314
sylens wrote: post #306

I'm always amazed at how many little third party utilities or programs people recommend downloading or buying just to bring the desktop experience on macOS up to parity with Linux (or even Windows!). The lack of snapping/tiling at this point is just a deliberately malicious decision. I can't fathom why they will not implement some version of this better than that half-hearted split screen view that requires a separat…

In return, I'm amazed that people don't just use the software as it's designed. Why do people want to tweak like this? Like he wants to move the clock. Oh my god just leave it where it is and get on with your job. Lack of customisability gives us more stable software. And he wants his windows to wobble? What on earth is the point of that?

> And he wants his windows to wobble? What on earth is the point of that?

To have wobbly windows.

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

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Post by scarface74 »

leohonexus wrote: post #340
PragmaticPulp wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 now replaced with sshfs, but it’s now a PITA to install it via Homebrew because macFUSE, a dep for sshfs has turned closed-source and Homebrew would refuse to install sshfs for that reason. You’d have to install macFUSE binary from their official site first, and load their kernel extension via the GUI, before running the Homebrew command to solve it. Which begs the question: if I’m already jumping through…

A Linux user complaining about actually having to do some work to get their set up like they want?

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

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Post by deathanatos »

latexr wrote: post #142
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…

> Cannot drag to copy Hold ⌥. > Alt-tab to an _Application_, not a _Window_. It’s ⌘↹. I think (at least some of) the others can also be done, but I’m not at my machine right now to check.

> Hold ⌥.

Okay, I tried it. Cmd+V doesn't paste what was highlighted. (The parent is referencing Linux's selection, which, AFAIK, doesn't exist in any form on macOS. iTerm2 tries to emulate it by using the clipboard, but that's not the same.)

If I'm supposed to middle click, I have absolutely no idea how to do that.

> It’s ⌘↹.

If "↹" is supposed to be "tab", no, that's no it. Cmd+Tab is, as op says, a switch between applications, and pulls all windows of a given app to the top of the Z-order. Alt+Tab's functionality (pull this particularly window to the top of the Z-order) is usually exactly what I what — I want a particular browser window, which I have positioned to the side so that I can still see, e.g., my editor. But then Cmd+Tab fronts unrelated stuff on top of it.

AFAIK, there is no equivalent to Alt+Tab is macOS. There's Cmd+`, but it is different still.

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

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Post by huffmsa »

oorza wrote: post #281
pastacacioepepe wrote: post #240

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Why do we need a trade off between stability and control? I'd argue we could have both if not for commercial reasons. Apple deliberately chooses to limit control, Microsoft too. With all the resources they have, you really think they couldn't give you more control without sacrificing stability?

> Why do we need a trade off between stability and control? There isn't infinite time and money in the world. Every hour making one feature more stable means an hour not invested in another. Flexibility and control are just additional features. If you want to change the system font, you have to test (and support) a much wider array of things, especially if your UI guidelines are as restrictive as Apple's. Every piece…

Apple effectively has infinite money, they could make more man-hours

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

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Post by dahfizz »

larrik wrote: post #467

I switched from Linux Mint desktop to an M1 Air last year. Performance-wise, the M1 is very impressive, probably feels about 80% as fast as my 6 year old desktop (that sounds like snark, but it isn't). Meanwhile, the battery life is insane (I've never brought the charger anywhere but my desk, and will often use it for a week out and about). I opted for the Magic Keyboard and Magic Touchpad, because I had a lot of tro…

The mouse acceleration curve on Mac drives me insane. There is a way to set it to "0" with some command line incantation, but it still does not set it to 0.

Also, the fact that I can't independently control the scroll direction of mice and trackpads is insane to me. The whole selling point of Apple is that "it just works" , but I can't even get my mouse working properly! That's like the lowest bar for an OS.

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

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Post by marlowe221 »

mikro2nd wrote: post #357
smarmgoblin wrote: post #338

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As a toy yes, or as a specialised tool for video or audio rendering I think this is a useful framing. Apple markets an appliance like a microwave or a refrigerator — both of those are computers in a sense but function only in a specific narrow capacity. You can warm a potato (if it’s in one location and the door is closed), but you can’t move arbitrary bytes around regardless of the capacity of the underlying hardw…

I'm willing to accept your argument that a Mac is not a general purpose computer. It then begs the question of why these devices are so popular for software development...?

According to the Stackoverflow 2021 survey, it's not as popular as we might be led to believe.

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-mo...

MacOS comes in at 25.19%. Even Linux is higher at 25.32%.

Meanwhile, Windows is 45.33% (over 48% if you include WSL, which was counted separately).

82,719 responses on the operating system question too...

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

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Post by brimble »

nicoburns wrote: post #301
spoiler wrote: post #113

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Interesting. I recently started using an M1 Mac and found the fullscreen workspaces a bit weird (coming from i3), but kinda grew to like it? I got the external trackpad and use gestures a lot (before it was Control + arrows) to navigate the workspaces. My main issue is that all the different "Terminals" have subsets I like on them, but none have all the features I like lol. It's not a big deal though. FWIW I'm trying…

I'd be interested to know what features iTerm2 doesn't have. It's a big plus for macOS for me!

I used it for a long time but switched back to regular Terminal for the lower latency, because I realized I couldn't even name an iTerm2 feature I used that Terminal didn't have. I'd just been using it because it was so widely discussed.

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

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Post by Arie »

haneul wrote: post #472
larrik wrote: post #467

I switched from Linux Mint desktop to an M1 Air last year. Performance-wise, the M1 is very impressive, probably feels about 80% as fast as my 6 year old desktop (that sounds like snark, but it isn't). Meanwhile, the battery life is insane (I've never brought the charger anywhere but my desk, and will often use it for a week out and about). I opted for the Magic Keyboard and Magic Touchpad, because I had a lot of tro…

defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1 Works on my M1 Max well enough to be satisfied with my mouse in SC2.

Didn't that halve the cursor speed as well?
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