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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 fistynuts »

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.

+1 for SensibleSideButtons and ScrollReverser. I find using a mouse painful without them, and I greatly appreciate that they're both free.

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

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Post by KnobbleMcKnees »

kube-system wrote: post #559
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…

> On Mac: > * Open Spotify > * Press play button on keyboard > * Apple Music opens ?????? I just tried these steps. Spotify plays.

Same. Used half a dozen different MacBooks over the last 5 years and always had the right contextual behaviour for the function/touchbar keys

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

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Post by digisign »

rubinlinux wrote: post #594

I got introduced to focus-follows-mouse mode when it was the default on some X11 unix system I used years ago. I have been using linux as a workstation for decades with this feature, and loosing it is the biggest barrier to my using a Mac or Windows machine for anything serious. (For a few years you could feasibly enable this in windows, but it doesn't work well enough to use anymore.) It saddens me that there are so…

I use a thing called AutoRaise on the work Mac, seems to work well with barrier (synergy).

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

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Post by mmcnl »

divan wrote: post #543

I switched from Linux to MacOS around 14 years ago. With Linux it's not only that I could change everything (system font, acceleration of the mouse pointer etc), but I literally HAD to do it. First days after buying new laptop and installing Linux I had to spend of configuring everything – from mouse pointers to Google calendar integration, often with obscure command line or config setups. That was fun. Until I bough…

True. But have you tried the latest Ubuntu for example? Everything works out of the box on my HP EliteBook. Touchpad works great as well. I didn't need to configure anything.

Time hasn't stood still. Both Windows and Linux have improved tremendously.

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

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Post by mmcnl »

Window management in macOS is from the stone ages. Maximizing has unpredictable behavior. Windows sometime fill the screen, sometimes not. Window snapping is absent. It works so frictionless in both Windows and Gnome: just drag the window to the left or right, and it automatically snaps with a satisfying animation.

I don't get it, this is basic stuff. Not advanced stuff.

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

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Post by FractalHQ »

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…

On Mac:

* Press cmd + option + S

* Press space bar

* Spotify opens and plays

or

* Press cmd + option + spacebar (opens terminal)

* `sp` (my spotify cli alias)

* Spotify opens and plays

Custom hot keys are easy in MacOS settings menu. Even easier is the free app Hotkey! https://codenuts.de/en/posts/hotkey/

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

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Post by mmcnl »

GekkePrutser wrote: post #127
davweb wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holding Option when you click the green window button will maximise the window - rather than make it full screen - for most, but but not all, applications. For some reason Safari only maximises vertically when you do this.

macOS has never had full-screen maximisation. It maximises "for the content". Which means some windows will never be full screen because they don't have more to show. What you get when you hold Option is the way that was the previous "maximisation" option, before they added the full screen mode which I also abhor.

I hate the thought behind this. Often I don't maximize to see more content, but to hide everything else. Why does Safari decide for me that the window can't be any wider? That doesn't make any sense at all.

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

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Post by harshitaneja »

fanf2 wrote: post #348
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…

You can use macOS’s Audio MIDI Setup app to control the volume of each sound channel separately. Not easy to find, but it is built in.

Routinely use Audio MIDI to watch content with someone using multiple bluetooth earphones. Quite a nice and easy interface.
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