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I don’t understand why Apple doesn’t support daisy chaining multiple monitors using DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport (MST). That would be an elegant solution that also would fit Apple’s style.
I’ve got 2 4k UltraFine monitors and they chain with no issues.
I don't think the issues of multi display really are only due the OS, my personal experience on multiple platform is that is suck regardless of whatever one thinks the solution would be. There are insolvable constraints implied by multi display: - Screen going on and off is an asynchronous mechanism that the OS has to treat by an event driven implementation. - All states must be valid (all graphical stuff must be put…
I just recently had a really weird bug with Linux and external USB-C display. Basically after reboot with lid closed, system was gone into madness, like display flickers, laptop blinks with its led and eventually it just dies (probably kernel panic). Turned out it's a dance between systemd putting system to sleep because external display is not connected and waking up because external display is connected. I might be…
There's no fixing things. Lord Apple dictates you must use this broken thing, or pay for hacks on the app store
I work with desktop software and have to work with multiple display scenarios. It's on Windows, but I guess the problems are similar. Fundamentally, one issue is that the concepts of multiple screens, multiple desktops, multiple DPI's are usually quite young. Also, there is (at least in Windows) no well defined concept of "desktop configurations". There is no built in support for remembering which screen a particular…
- in some tools (like Emacs) the background can be mixed with blurred, outdated text from iTerm windows - after updates I must fiddle in the settings so that the windows are correctly focused when switching tabs - occasional "disconnected" screen that flickers black and might require to login again
I thought Mac had it better than Linux. But after reading this... Anyway, I'm hopeful the situation for Linux will improve over the coming years with Wayland more-and-more becoming the default (so more people use it, and more will put effort to make it better) AND being a better foundation for building multi-monitor goodness on top (Xorg was getting old). Would Windows do a better job at this than Mac? (havent used W…
I'd love to use a Linux distribution and window manager on my MacBook, in particular KDE. Would be totally awesome, great hardware and a power-user friendly operating system. I resort to using a ThinkPad for my Linux needs and it's ok but the new Macs are just leagues ahead in terms of hardware.
How does this happen? You accidentally get sold a Mac when you are 19 years old and going to college? Like, you can get better EVERYTHING outside their hardware. I can't imagine ever being like: You know what I really want 0 GPU and only 64GB ram for $2700! I understand if you need to compile for Apple users, but if you are going to install Linux on it, get a GPU or some seriously significant amount of RAM.
I'm pretty sure my M1 MacBook Air was the most powerful fanless laptop on the market when I bought it, and there were just a few laptops with comparable battery life.
I'm also pretty sure it had a GPU. (still has one)
> The Mac operating system still Just. Fucking. Sucks. at remembering where windows were, when relaunching apps. I agree and it's confounding. For me it's even worse: when plugging back into my home office after some work on the road, it doesn't remember the window positions associated with that setup, and I have to reorganize my dozens of windows away from the laptop screen again. I've solved this through a 3rd-part…
Three times I tried switching from Windows to Mac and each time I bounced because of how janky basic window ergonomics were. I shouldn't have to buy single-dollar-programs to fix core OS functionality.
I did kind of like the windows thg of dragging a window to the top to maximise, but that stuff is easy to replace with an app or two. General OS slowness and instability and clunky design not so much.
I thought Mac had it better than Linux. But after reading this... Anyway, I'm hopeful the situation for Linux will improve over the coming years with Wayland more-and-more becoming the default (so more people use it, and more will put effort to make it better) AND being a better foundation for building multi-monitor goodness on top (Xorg was getting old). Would Windows do a better job at this than Mac? (havent used W…
I mean Windows doesn't have many of the issues that the article mentions, but Windows fails at being a Mac.
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Yes I think it is, In Mac OS it has always been explicit that an application ≠ window (with only a few exceptions such as the calculator app). Closing an app window must not quit the application. This is reinforced by the menu bar which is always at the top of the screen rather than attached to an application window.
Why is that? I'm a gnome/Linux user who had to switch to Mac M3 for work. Macos feels.... Half baked. I don't understand why apps should run after I close the window. I'm also annoyed that I can't type the window I want when viewing all windows. If I open mission control, it takes 3 clicks on the dock to run the app. (Un-do mission control, focus the dock, run the app.) That being said, I do like stage manager, I try…
Because that's what Steve Jobs decided and he was never wrong. /s
The Apple philosophy always was "we know what's best for our users, it's our way or the highway, deal with it".