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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 AnIdiotOnTheNet »

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…

> 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!).

You say that like there aren't always recommendations for GNOME extensions to install to make it act like it isn't a tablet.

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

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Post by throwawayffffas »

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.

I think you are misreading the author, their point is all this works by default on Ubuntu and not on Mac with the exception of NFS.

It's not that there are no solutions, it's that the author and as a matter of fact I too resent that we have to look for solutions.

From my point of view when I plug my phone in my linux box it just works but when I plug it in my Mac nothing happens, thus MacOs is an inferior operating system. As in it fails to operate in the manner I would like it to.

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

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Post by ben-schaaf »

aenis wrote: post #564
dahfizz wrote: post #532

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well the m1 only supports one external monitor so thats not much of an issue ;) I use a Logitech G502 and I just like the high sensitivity. I don't need a huge trackpad or to pick up the mouse. When mouse movent maps 1:1 to pointer movement, your brain and muscle memory can do a much better job at fast & precise movement.

I used a total of three external monitors with the original m1, via a displaylink hub. Saying "m1 does not support it" is not accurate. Its not like a amd 3950x supports any external monitors, does it?..

The 3950x isn't a GPU or APU. It doesn't support any display out because that's not it's job. The low end AMD laptop APUs natively drive 3-4 monitors.

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

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Post by als0 »

nopcode wrote: post #500
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…

For those using Windows, macOS and Linux regularly with Keyboard/Mouse I recommend for mac: CursorSense to customise the acceleration graph (or disable). SensibleSideButtons so you can use mouse4/5 in the browser. ScrollReverser so scrolling on mouse and touchpad both make sense. Rectangle for window snapping.

SensibleSideButtons is great, though I wish it was part of the OS in the first place.

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

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Post by dahfizz »

aenis wrote: post #564
dahfizz wrote: post #532

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well the m1 only supports one external monitor so thats not much of an issue ;) I use a Logitech G502 and I just like the high sensitivity. I don't need a huge trackpad or to pick up the mouse. When mouse movent maps 1:1 to pointer movement, your brain and muscle memory can do a much better job at fast & precise movement.

I used a total of three external monitors with the original m1, via a displaylink hub. Saying "m1 does not support it" is not accurate. Its not like a amd 3950x supports any external monitors, does it?..

If you want to be pedantic...

The Apple m1 is an SoC, not a CPU. It is not comparable to an AMD 3950X. It is perfectly reasonable to talk about the display capabilities of an SoC, because the GPU and display controllers are built into the SoC.

Apple themselves markets the macbook air as supporting:

> One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz[1]

And yes, I'm aware of the display link hacks. This works by emulating extra GPUs in software (VGC). The m1 supports multiple displays via display link in the same way MacOs runs Gnome via an Ubuntu VM.

[1] https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs/

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

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Post by sneak »

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…

* Apple music opens and transmits your unchangeable device hardware serial, and your IP (coarse location) to Apple

Modern Macs literally have a one-touch "send my supercookie to the manufacturer" button.

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

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Post by IshKebab »

dpatterbee wrote: post #41
IshKebab wrote: post #12

Some things in that list are pretty silly (can you really blame Apple for not letting you swap the mouse button order or have the insane focus-follows-mouse option?) Here are some others anyway: * Record system audio. * Control HDMI audio volume (have to use Proxy Audio Driver which is somewhat buggy). * Set mouse acceleration (you used to be able to but they removed the option and now you can only set sensitivity).…

> * Set mouse acceleration (you used to be able to but they removed the option and now you can only set sensitivity). Using MacOS is such a miserable experience for this exact reason. I'm sure it's fine when using the trackpad but trying to use a mouse on macos is borderline torture. I fundamentally do not understand why anybody would ever want mouse acceleration. It just makes it harder to use the mouse.

You want some mouse acceleration. Otherwise moving to the other side of the screen requires picking up the mouse several times.

The problem is Mac's acceleration code is pretty awful.

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

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Post by sneak »

9wzYQbTYsAIc wrote: post #568
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…

> I had to pay for an app in order to properly emulate middle clicks on the touchpad! That's bonkers! That’s just the traditional way in which the Apple ecosystem works. They provide you with a pretty phenomenal starting point and App developers fill in the gaps. Base macOS with Amphetamine, Magnet, and perhaps some utility for file/network access provide you with a desktop experience that comes close to the producti…

The problem is that most of these apps are only available in the App Store which can only be used if you dox yourself to Apple (an Apple ID requires an email and working phone number).

It also transmits your hardware serial to Apple when you use it.

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