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Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by devilsdata »

gonzalohm wrote: post #191
rcarmo wrote: post #125

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I use Bluefin-dx as well, but pointed out Bazzite due to the mention of gaming. It's been rock solid for me for that use case.

Is it comparable to gaming on Windows? Last time I tried the performance wasn't as good for some games (Deadlock) and it took ages to compile shader (it takes 30 seconds on Windows with the same specs)

It’s comparable for nearly every game I’ve tried, and takes less than 30 seconds to compile Vulcan shaders on my rig.

That said, I think anything with kernel-level anti-cheat either does not run or runs poorly.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by NegativeK »

hkpack wrote: post #64
joezydeco wrote: post #42

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My group makes a custom executable to reflash a hardware device we produce. We build it for Linux and Darwin. Trying to get the program to work with our Mac users has become harder and harder. These are all internal developers. Enabling developer mode and allowing Terminal execution isn't enough. Disabling the quarantine bit works - sometimes - but now we're getting automated nastygrams from corporate IT threatening…

I understand that you're doing it on principle, but for a software development team, 99$/year is a really minuscule price to pay to be able to build / notarise / distribute software. Developers pay exorbitant amount of money for much lesser value, and the idea of putting your teammates at risk to stick it to apple is kind of sad bordering with negligence from a business POV.

$99/year for one of the basic uses of a computer isn't okay.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by Lammy »

thr0w wrote: post #229

What Apple needs, is to fix that weird bug where my mouse cursor stops responding to what it's hovering over. How does something so fundamentally broken make its way into an OS?

I like how my cursor randomly enlarges itself for like it's moving between a high-DPI and low-DPI mode despite being entirely on one display and nowhere near the edge between my internal and external. It gets big for maybe 1 second and goes back to normal.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by devilsdata »

rcarmo wrote: post #125
devilsdata wrote: post #113

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Fedora atomic distributions in general are great. I recommend Bluefin-dx over Bazzite (they’re both GNOME-based Fedora Atomic from the same group— universal blue) for developers, because it’s really easy to install the packages that Bazzite gives you, and it comes pre-installed with Docker.

I use Bluefin-dx as well, but pointed out Bazzite due to the mention of gaming. It's been rock solid for me for that use case.

Yep Bazzite is great. But the difference between them is mostly just the packages installed. To me it’s easier to install the gaming related packages from Bazzite onto Bluefin.

I have a problem with Docker sockets while installing onto Bazzite, and didn’t care enough to look further into it.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by drunner »

Absolutely drives me nuts that I can't remove the music icon from the systray in Mac. And ditto on all the spotlight issues.

Also, why does it take 10 seconds for activity monitor to show information? The list goes on.

If only Mac hardware officially supported Linux, I would never touch that macOS again.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by nullpoint420 »

yakz wrote: post #31
themagician wrote: post #18

This is an interesting idea, and I am actually curious what Apple is going to do going forward. A "Snow Leopard"-esque release would be nice, but I think what would be better is an LTS release. Historically, you get a new Mac and you usually only get 5-6 years before they drop your model from the latest release. This has always made some sense to me, as after 4-6 years, you do start to feel it. I bought an M1 Max tha…

They need to somehow start marketing effectively to gamers, because the GPU in your M1 Max is shit. Sure, it’s fine for mostly-2D UIs and the occasional WebGL widget, but for AAA gaming it’s just dogshit.

What about M3 Max?

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by geuis »

No AI please for the love of the spaghetti monster. I'm so sick of having this shit shoveled into anything I'm trying to do these days. Disabling Siri all these years was bad enough.

So far Apple has kept it as a toggle in the settings, but it's easy bloat for it to keep spreading. Does anyone need AI in a text editor? No.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by adastra22 »

rcarmo wrote: post #10

There are some factual "gaps" there about how good Snow Leopard was, but I understand the sentiment. As someone who's been a Mac user since System 6 and has been consistently using Macs alongside PCs _daily_ for over 20 years I can say that Apple's software quality (either in terms of polish or just plain QA) has steadily decreased. It's just that me and other old-time switchers have stopped complaining about it and…

> and there is no longer any way to effectively prioritize the results I want (apps, not internet garbage)

OMG this one drives me bonkers. If anyone out there knows how to turn off internet results, please share!

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by Rohansi »

yoz wrote: post #135
HypnoticOcelot wrote: post #61

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How come you have to use Windows to play Minecraft? Are you using Bedrock edition?

Hey, if we're already complaining about Microsoft products, can someone explain why the Bedrock and Java versions of Minecraft have not been made cross-compatible in the TEN YEARS since the Mojang acquisition? (... speaking as another dad just trying to play with my kid.)

They still exist separately today because the modding scene is completely different for them. Minecraft Java is the original and has a huge modding community based on decompiling and patching the game. Those mods are all incompatible with Bedrock because Bedrock is a separate reimplementation of the game for performance or whatever.

Re: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

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Post by adastra22 »

canpan wrote: post #251
rcarmo wrote: post #53

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I have some hope that Framework and AMD can fix some of those issues. Would love to try out their new desktop (because it's a simpler, more tightly integrated thing) and replace my Mac mini -- then wait for Linux power management to improve.

Currently also looking at Framework+AMD. I want Mac hardware but Linux software. The other makers build quality is horrendous. Especially in the 13inch segment which is my favorite. Using a pretty old laptop because there is no replacement right now. The new Ryzen AI looks really interesting! Sadly there is no Framework shop for me to look at it and they not ship to Japan..

Asahi?
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