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Sometimes there are some manual interventions that you may have to perform.
Yeah, exactly. Why?
I think either method is fine, depending on the circumstances. Your choice.
I just completed my migration in the opposite direction after using Arch Linux as my daily driver for ~10 years. I think Arch Linux is by far the better OS for pretty much all power users, but when using multiple devices, the benefits of the "Apple Ecosystem" outweigh the benefits of an amazing desktop OS for me, which is why I ended up switching to Mac OS. Some key points which I believe are much worse on Mac: * No…
> Setting up ergonomic custom keyboard shortcuts is painful and requires (multiple?) third-party applications to do well. Take a look at Hammerspoon[0] for this if you haven't already. It requires some work to get it working the way want (you'll be writing some basic Lua code) but it's by far the best, all-in-one solution I've found for this problem on macOS. It has a ton of built-in modules for automating things inc…
* Expanding text macros (like TextExpander but not with a subscription)
* Automating web forms I have to fill out frequently (find the "Last Name" button; send "Smith"; hit "tab"; send "Joe"; find the "Submit this form" button and press it).
* Opening apps with hotkeys.
* Scripting stuff that isn't scriptable, like "find the Music app; right click on the ... menu; click Share; click Copy Link" to get the currently playing song's URL. (PS: If you know how to reliably get this another way, please let me know.)
* Doing really nifty things with OCR on the screen, like "send this set of keypresses, then look for the text that says 'I accept this', put the mouse over it, and click it" for apps that don't use native widgets.
Hammerspoon is super cool too, but I don't have the time to really tweak it as much as I can Keyboard Maestro.
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Whoa now, don't leave me hanging. What are the benefits of the "Apple ecosystem"? I'm using a Macbook right now because it's tiny and light and has amazing hardware, but once I need to get things done, it's closed and charging. If you have multiple devices, why do they all need to be identical?
Having my phonecalls automatically forwarded to my laptop is a huge benefit. Being able to use my iPad pro as a secondary monitor for when I have to go into the office is very useful as well. Painless copy-paste between devices is also a huge bonus. I‘m sure there are ways to get all of that running on linux but I‘d rather spend the time that it would take setting all that up working and let my company pay a bit more…
But, not gonna discount your perspective. Everyone has different priorities, and it's why different products exist for different folks.
"There are still many things I need to set up on the new laptop, for example: suspension/hibernation on closing the lid doesn’t always work" For me, this is one of those things that should work out of the box. I appreciate Arch is one of those distros you configure manually, and can thus choose whether to implement this or not. But I'd rather not have my laptop burn out in my bag because the system didn't suspend pro…
I just completed my migration in the opposite direction after using Arch Linux as my daily driver for ~10 years. I think Arch Linux is by far the better OS for pretty much all power users, but when using multiple devices, the benefits of the "Apple Ecosystem" outweigh the benefits of an amazing desktop OS for me, which is why I ended up switching to Mac OS. Some key points which I believe are much worse on Mac: * No…
The Alt-Tab behavior on MacOS across multiple screens is really annoying. Also window resizing behaviors. If there was a way to override those it would be an unmatched system/environment.
What specifically would you prefer to be different for window resizing behaviors? If it’s something akin to Aero Snap on Windows there’s a multitude of options, including Moom[1], Rectangle[2], and Magnet[3] among others.
[0]: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/ [1]: https://manytricks.com/moom/ [2]: https://rectangleapp.com/ [3]: https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/
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Would you recommend Arch to someone without a lot of Linux experience? Ubuntu has me thinking of switching to a different OS.
I recommend checking out EndeavourOS. It's an Arch based OS that sets you up with a friendly installer and a desktop environment out of the box, then gets out of your way. You don't get the fun experience of installing arch from scratch but it's a gentler introduction to the ecosystem. I switched from ubuntu to Endeavour as my first dive into Arch recently and have been happy with it.
https://python-archinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installi...
I just completed my migration in the opposite direction after using Arch Linux as my daily driver for ~10 years. I think Arch Linux is by far the better OS for pretty much all power users, but when using multiple devices, the benefits of the "Apple Ecosystem" outweigh the benefits of an amazing desktop OS for me, which is why I ended up switching to Mac OS. Some key points which I believe are much worse on Mac: * No…
It's nice to have things work out of the box and never having to worry about things like hibernate, suspend, battery life etc. Trackpads, display resolution, fonts, random config failures - plus any macOS issue is usually easier to find a real solution for online imo.
Even in this article a ton of stuff seems like a pain in the ass:
- Hacking to connect bluetooth headphones
- Config required to reconnect to wifi
- Config required to get the monitor working
- No good native calendar
And of course at the end suspend/hibernate is still not working (naturally, probably never will work 100%). I'd also guess battery life is pretty bad and the UI of the tiling wm may be missing nice to have things (like accurate battery remaining).
Not Arch, but macOS to Linux related. As a developer, used macOS for 13 years. Switched to Ubuntu after Apple went to M1. It's been pretty much flawless and required no more tweaks during setup than a typical macOS install would. Developing on the same environment as our servers is a massive plus. The key is choosing the right hardware from the start. For my desktop, I chose an Asus TUF gaming motherboard that had ev…
I’ve been using my Thinkpad T490 with Debian for 3 years and it’s fine. But then I tried the new MacBook Pro and that trackpad is very nice indeed. Feels a lot more precise. And the attention to smaller details and a consistent UI is nice to see too.
I’ve also been kind of peeved about several small things in Linux lately. Installing apps is not simple anymore. It started as apt-get and deb files. Now there’s flatpak and app images and electron which all have different install flows. Sometimes my Ethernet connection would, after resuming from sleep, drop to 100 Mbps until I reboot. Suspend doesn’t really work consistently. Tried installing Alfred (spotlight-like search / app launcher) and that seems to be flakey too. Mapped it to alt+ space but that doesn’t always enable it to come up.
"There are still many things I need to set up on the new laptop, for example: suspension/hibernation on closing the lid doesn’t always work" For me, this is one of those things that should work out of the box. I appreciate Arch is one of those distros you configure manually, and can thus choose whether to implement this or not. But I'd rather not have my laptop burn out in my bag because the system didn't suspend pro…
The default config of systemd on Arch suspends to RAM when the lid switch of a laptop is triggered. Unfortunately many modern laptops no longer implement the S3 sleep state in favor of Microsoft's proprietary "Connected Standby" (i.e. the mode that tends to cook laptops in their bags). My new Thinkpad has a toggle in the EFI to re-enable S3, after which suspend to RAM works on Arch with no further configuration neces…
It finally clicked when I tried Manjaro. The killer app for me is i3 Window manager (which you can of course use on other distributions). In general though I just like there being 'less'. I use Thinkpads and yes - have had issues with audio, and with sleep etc, but all solvable.