Wow - this looks great. Keep up the great work - I will have to find time to install and try it over the slow holiday period.
Elementary OS 5.1 Hera
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Re: Elementary OS 5.1 Hera
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
As much as elementary clearly takes inspiration from macOS, the developers have been quite clear that they're not trying to make a mac clone. You can agree or disagree with that mission, but it is what it is.
One of the best things about macOS is the special character inputs, which is one place I think Apple has outshone their competitors for a while. Even if Elementary doesn’t introduce the same keybindings it would be nice to have some set up automatically without having to fiddle with the compose key settings. It’s a very common UX issue imho and also an area where you can easily “beat Windows”
windows 10 did add win+;/win+. which pops up an emoji picker. one of the tabs is symbols and has a pretty good range of them
you can also add languages and use the on screen keyboard in said languages
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
The command/⌘ key is just the logo/super/Windows key in a different spot.
The CMD key is much better utilized by MacOS than the windows/super key is by windows/linux. Most OS-level things are under command, and I'm free to use readline/emacs bindings in any text inputs across the whole OS and never have them conflict with global bindings. Windows/linux still defaults to many OS commands being in the ctrl space (like ctrl-c for copy, not windows-c) which causes clobbering in the terminal, f…
tbf, windows key shortcuts are actually OS specific. Clipboarding/etc must be implemented by the app in question.
i think a better example would be alt-keys (alt-tab/etc)
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
Linux has 3 keybinding schemes among which you can choose: emacs, vim and cua (what IBM introduced some years later, ctrl+c etc.). I don't see why introducing a fourth one would help? The main reason you can't simply flick a global switch between those three but have to do it per app seems to be the license of GNU readline.
The specific bindings vary by person and hardly matters, but having an extra modifier in the Command key is invaluable. It lets you properly "namespace" key binds (ctrl and meta for emacs commands, CMD for global) and prevents hacks like copying text in terminal being different from copying text anywhere else (ctrl-c vs ctrl-shift-c in windows and linux, always CMD-c in macos).
Every time I use Linux I get bitten by the terminal using a different copy/paste shortcut. Drives me nuts.
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#155I’m kind of considering moving to this and Ardour instead of MacOS and Logic Pro due to Apple’s recent commitment to making overpriced laptops with the SSD and RAM soldered to the board, that lack the most basic ports I need to use without annoying adapters.
As a video editor, the lack of an integrated SD card slot alone kills any future purchases.
Re: Elementary OS 5.1 Hera
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
What elements are you referring to? It all looks pretty abstract and flat to me?
Toggles, buttons, sliders, look like they could be on a white plastic physical device. Flat for sure but more skeuomorphic than macOS in its current state imo.
To me the elementary theme looks like a slightly more flat/matte version of the Mavericks version of Aqua. It might not be in style these days but I like it a lot.
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do development on my elementary OS machine.
Does elementary still return their release codename instead of the base ubuntu release for `lsb_release -cs` in shell?
Yes, because elementary OS is not Ubuntu. In the past, we carried newer versions of GTK or other core libraries, so pretending to be Ubuntu would actually do more harm than good.
However, we have added an `--upstream` or `-u` flag to lsb_release like other Linux-based OSes to point to an upstream release if the downstream release is not supported. I believe this has been adopted for installers of tools like Ruby and Node.
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just FYI, if you have to buy Windows, you can get a working license key from eBay for <$5 (I've used three different keys from different sellers with no issues).
Or hwidgen the free key they gave to all the windows 8 refugees. That’s what I do in my test VMs
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Re: Elementary OS 5.1 Hera
#159I’m kind of considering moving to this and Ardour instead of MacOS and Logic Pro due to Apple’s recent commitment to making overpriced laptops with the SSD and RAM soldered to the board, that lack the most basic ports I need to use without annoying adapters. As a video editor, the lack of an integrated SD card slot alone kills any future purchases.
Elementary OS is really good, I think you'll like it quite a bit. Also check out Bitwig - if you've used Ableton you'll find it familiar. Guitarix is a really cool free amp emulator as well.
I really love Linux, especially on the desktop. With that said, I've stopped attempting to use it to make music. There's just too much babysitting that needs to be done [1]. A 2015 15" MBP with Ableton is the perfect machine for me and lets me stay in my creative zone. Your experience might be different though, good luck!
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/9lv9ey...
Re: Elementary OS 5.1 Hera
#160The new greeter experience looks cool, but who the heck has multiple users on their machine anymore? This is a completely useless component to the OS.
A computer shared by a family is not uncommon. You don't use it doesn't mean no one uses it.
> A computer shared by a family is not uncommon.
Why would they actually log out of one user and log in as another? Wouldn't it benefit the parents to have all family members on the same user so they can actually see what their kids are up to?