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Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by defvar »

dundundundun wrote: post #298
hagbard_c wrote: post #291

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A new ${computer_brand} with Linux doesn't show you any ads, doesn't add more bloat than you let it, doesn't insist on you creating any iCloudy or Microsofty accounts, doesn't try to police what software you run on the thing, doesn't try to upsell you to some ${precious_metal} plan, doesn't insist your 5 year new computer is obsolete, doesn't spy on you, etcetera. What are you waiting for?

Proper sleep.

My recent experience switching from Windows to Linux (NixOS) suggests otherwise.

I use a ThinkPad P1 Gen 3. My dGPU actually died due to overheating caused by Windows failing to sleep properly. On Windows, the fans were always noisy and temperatures stayed above 60°C.

Since switching to Linux, the fans are very quiet and temperatures sit between 40–50°C. What surprised me most is that sleep mode works much better on Linux than on Windows, where the frequent failures eventually killed my GPU.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by stefandesu »

docmars wrote: post #254
rayiner wrote: post #93

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It’s infuriating that you can’t downgrade.

Especially when Sequoia will be supported by security updates for at least another 1-2 years. There aren't any compelling "gotta have it" reasons to upgrade to Tahoe.

Work is forcing us to upgrade to Tahoe end of January, not looking forward to it.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by docmars »

stefandesu wrote: post #402
docmars wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Especially when Sequoia will be supported by security updates for at least another 1-2 years. There aren't any compelling "gotta have it" reasons to upgrade to Tahoe.

Work is forcing us to upgrade to Tahoe end of January, not looking forward to it.

My workplace's dumbass outsourced IT group forced the upgrade the day Tahoe came out, without giving us time to assess the risks for software compatibility or stability first.

Companies need to make it optional until security updates are no longer available for the previous major version.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by jama211 »

wltr wrote: post #372
jama211 wrote: post #344

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I just did my yearly attempt at this again, and unfortunately I ran into multiple issues - aside from issues I had during dual boot setup which is still WAY too user unfriendly, the driver recommended for my video card breaks the standard resolution on my main monitor, downgrading the version fixed it but it took me an hour of hacking with console commands to work this out, and reading forum posts where I watched peo…

Throughout using Linux here and there for like two decades or so, my only issues were Ubuntu forcing some very Microsoft-ish decisions on me, which I did not like. Plus, this very very stable very stable Debian breaking upon version upgrades (I have no idea why, I keep running mostly default Debian since forever). These days I mostly use Arch and Fedora (on those shared computers I don’t bother to config to my liking…

Thanks for reinforcing my point

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by encom »

snazz wrote: post #276
encom wrote: post #223

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Firefox on Fedora on X1 Carbon and scrolling just works. Maybe it was different in the past.

If you “fling” the page, lift your fingers off, and then tap with two fingers, does the page come to a stop?

Just tested - it does indeed.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by db48x »

FeloniousHam wrote: post #393
db48x wrote: post #340

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If your computer fails to sleep, or fails to wake up correctly after sleeping, when running Linux then the problem is almost always the hardware manufacturer’s fault. Many motherboards come with frankly broken ACPI tables that should never have made it out of QA. Remember this ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45271484 >) recent story? This is just the tip of the iceberg. For every well–researched story we have…

It's not that Linux is "bad" when the hardware is incompatible, it's not "Linux's fault". It's that, at a certain age, I don't want to spend my precious few hours of free time working _on_ my computer, I just want it to work. (big fan of MacOS, and esp. third-party Mac software, the quality of which simply does not exist on any other platform) (Also, I have huge affection for Linux. I used Linux exclusively for years…

Sure. But if it doesn’t work then _return the hardware_. It’s the manufacturer’s fault.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by qubitcoder »

shimman wrote: post #160
jjice wrote: post #43

I don't mind how Liquid Glass looks at all. It's just insane how buggy the system has become. Even Messages will bug out, like deleting my first word if I type too fast after opening a conversation or auto scrolling and not letting me scroll down until I exit and re-enter. Unacceptable for the premium you pay for Apple software. Unacceptable for any software one is paying for. I hope they get their shit together and…

I have these insane bugs where my apple tv will connect to my mbp even tho my mbp has blutooth disabled. I'll be listening to a podcast on my mbp with airpods while my wife is watching some show on the apple tv. It will still randomly connect to my airpods when my wife never tries to connect them. Apple is quickly becoming a trash company and we're seeing the effects of an industry writ large when you only hire leetc…

You can disable the automatic handoff in the Apple TV settings. That drove me crazy as well.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by qubitcoder »

embedding-shape wrote: post #97

> After three months of strong feedback during beta-testing, I was disappointed when Tahoe was released on 15 September to see how little had been addressed Now it was a while ago I left the Apple ecosystem as it became clear they didn't actually care about UX anymore, but did "strong feedback during beta-testing" ever actually result in any results? I remember doing something similar back in 2012-2013 sometime, and…

I’ve submitted multiple bug reports over the years using the Feedback app. And, to my surprise, not only did I receive a detailed response within a month or so, the issues were resolved.

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by hagbard_c »

hagbard_c wrote: post #291
jakeydus wrote: post #251

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> a new Dell isn’t that bloated. At least a new Mac doesn’t try to serve you ads in the app launcher.

A new ${computer_brand} with Linux doesn't show you any ads, doesn't add more bloat than you let it, doesn't insist on you creating any iCloudy or Microsofty accounts, doesn't try to police what software you run on the thing, doesn't try to upsell you to some ${precious_metal} plan, doesn't insist your 5 year new computer is obsolete, doesn't spy on you, etcetera. What are you waiting for?

Hm, I see a fruit factory fanboi has been downvoting my recent posts again. Tiring but that's the price you pay for daring to speak up here. This place would be so much more tolerable if that down-vote arrow came with some price, e.g. 'you have X down-votes left for this week, use them wisely' or if the down-voter had to give a reason (visible to all) for the downvote in combination with a meta-moderation system like Slashdot of old (and maybe of today, no idea since I left that place aeons ago). The way it currently works it is far too easy to do the Wikipedia thing here, i.e. downvote into oblivion any voice outside of some accepted narrative. In combination with the virtual ban on discussing downvotes - the first rule of the Lumber Cartel is 'never discuss the Lumber Cartel' [1] - this makes HN more welcoming to knee-jerk downvoters and less welcome to free and open discussion. A shame, really, the place would be more interesting with more of the latter and fewer of the former.

[1] http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/L/Lumber-Cartel.html

Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by vor_ »

voidhorse wrote: post #272
eoskx wrote: post #60

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I've had similar observations with different behaviors in Safari and Finder. One would think the quality of Apple's software would be increasing with the usage of Swift over Objective-C, but the opposite seems to be true.

Maybe the sharper edges of objective-C lead to a programming practice that was more careful, which has been abandoned under the impression of Swift's increase default safety.

I think it has to do with frameworks like SwiftUI.
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