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Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Re: Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Post by wink »

veidr wrote: post #357

My own burning hatred towards Apple runs a little hotter than most, and I have been seriously googling (and trying) alternatives since 2012. That was when my $9000 Mac Pro — which had been a great machine, and still was, except for the little detail about not having been updated since 2009 and thus being stuck with USB 2 (!!!) to say nothing of Thunderbolt and any kind of modern accoutrements — started to feel like a…

Have an upvote just for the most creative and heartfelt rant I've read in a while.

I'm still amazed at your impression though, as I'm happily using Linux on my laptops and feel like everything works as it should (because I can get my work done).

Re: Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Post by hajile »

smallnamespace wrote: post #436
hajile wrote: post #380

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That's kinda the point. He pushes for donations, but doesn't offer support. It's not illegal for him to not offer support and it's not illegal for me to not pay him. I would prefer to pay a reasonable subscription fee with a support contract which is also not illegal, but benefits all parties.

Why are you only willing to pay for support, but not actual contributions?

I do make contributions to some projects (can't support them all), but if the project is being too pushy, they can count me out. The idea that I can get support in return is just a nicer model of exchange. There's a good chance that I won't even use that support, but it's nice to know that my contributions have a direct impact on how usable the project is for my needs.

Re: Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Post by abiox »

vamur wrote: post #469
veidr wrote: post #357

My own burning hatred towards Apple runs a little hotter than most, and I have been seriously googling (and trying) alternatives since 2012. That was when my $9000 Mac Pro — which had been a great machine, and still was, except for the little detail about not having been updated since 2009 and thus being stuck with USB 2 (!!!) to say nothing of Thunderbolt and any kind of modern accoutrements — started to feel like a…

Speak for yourself. Linux is a perfectly viable option for non-lazy people, who don't complain about everything. And Windows 10 is excellent too if you don't care about privacy. And it's Ubuntu not Ubuttnu. >> a sneering fuck you directed at not just me, but everybody remotely like me. You overpaid 8k for a machine so why should Apple care? You are clearly going to buy their next product. >>But we're mostly all gonna…

> And it's Ubuntu not Ubuttnu.

oh. well, as long as that's been cleared up.

Re: Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Post by sctb »

bork_laser wrote: post #473
Void_ wrote: post #39

I'm really hoping this is just a phase. Hoping that Apple will reduce prices of new laptops and we'll be back to normal. Right now everybody is using Macs. Walk into the Bay Area coffee shop, you see Macs everywhere. I love that. I build desktop software for Macs (focuslist.co). My apps are prettier than any others. They are easier and faster to use. This is the reason why people pay me $5 while they can get the job…

> I build desktop software for Macs (focuslist.co) You're scripting a fucking to-do app on the level of a first semester student. > My apps are prettier than any others No they certainly aren't. > This is the reason why people pay me $5 Congratulations. > They want to get the job done while winning an Apple Design Award. Your chances to win any design award are equal to Bashar al-Assad's chances of winning the nobel…

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Post by brandoncordell »

matthewking wrote: post #401
todd8 wrote: post #389

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I typing this on my coffeeshop computer, a 12" MacBook, with the butterfly keys. I don't like them very much; my four year old MacBookPro Retina has much nicer keys and so does my Apple Magic Keyboard on my desktop system. I'm curious about the new MacBook Pro keys, they allude to second generation butterfly keys. Have you had a chance to try the newly released system's keyboard?

Yes its the brand new keyboard that I was referring to, a friend got one from his workplace, space grey looks amazing and the larger trackpad is nice but as mentioned, keyboard is a no go. I really hope the reasoning for it wasn't to shave off a few more mm! I have the 2014 MBP so my comparison is skipping the first generation of butterfly keyboard that you mentioned, I've been told that its worse than that one too b…

I know I'm in the minority here, but I always bring a small mechanical keyboard anywhere I go. Usually something quiet, in case I'm working in a coffee shop or something. A Poker2/3 fits well over the MBP's keyboard without hitting any of the keys on accident.

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Post by javajosh »

cooper12 wrote: post #524
javajosh wrote: post #519

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That doesn't really help me when I'm, for example, sharing a flash ad or a video or any number of other things, like my Hearthstone state.

Oh okay you meant screenshots in general. I thought you were screencapping jpegs.

I do that too. I actually like the consistent interface, so to speak.

Re: Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Post by beojan »

AsyncAwait wrote: post #454
veidr wrote: post #357

My own burning hatred towards Apple runs a little hotter than most, and I have been seriously googling (and trying) alternatives since 2012. That was when my $9000 Mac Pro — which had been a great machine, and still was, except for the little detail about not having been updated since 2009 and thus being stuck with USB 2 (!!!) to say nothing of Thunderbolt and any kind of modern accoutrements — started to feel like a…

> Nothing works right, on any of them. Copy/paste, batteries, wireless networking, drag and drop, high-res displays, multilingual input, even like fucking word processing and email and image editors and terminal programs... Can you be more specific? i.e. - copy paste with a highlight+middle mouse button is frankly awesome in GNOME. - Batteries - yeah, Windows laptops usually don't have amazing battery life and it can…

> Batteries - yeah, Windows laptops usually don't have amazing battery life and it can even be slightly worse under Linux, however if you're working in a mode where you laptop is 99% plugged in and you just need occasionally a couple of hours from it, it's quite doable, which I'd imagine is the use-case for most "workstation" usage scenarios.

Unfortunately, it turns out this usage pattern is terrible for the battery.

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Post by paultopia »

highace wrote: post #427
veidr wrote: post #357

My own burning hatred towards Apple runs a little hotter than most, and I have been seriously googling (and trying) alternatives since 2012. That was when my $9000 Mac Pro — which had been a great machine, and still was, except for the little detail about not having been updated since 2009 and thus being stuck with USB 2 (!!!) to say nothing of Thunderbolt and any kind of modern accoutrements — started to feel like a…

Windows? It's really not that bad.

I've been dying for details about Windows 10 and the linux subsystem, and don't actually know anyone who uses it for serious work. Is it actually a replacement for the BSD-based goodness of OSX? Do you get GCC, Make, instantly-functional Python, etc. etc. etc.? Or are there a ton of rough edges? Seriously considering jumping ship to Microsoft and buying a Surface here...

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Post by ScottBurson »

mirkules wrote: post #540
ScottBurson wrote: post #518

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Middle click to paste is indeed an old convention. Xterm supports it, so I suspect it goes all the way back to the early days of the X Window System, c. 1984.

I don't have a problem with middle click being a backwards-compatible convention. It's that the option to change it is non-obvious, and therefore excludes laptop users. As a counter-example: Much earlier versions of Windows had a menu in the top left corner. The shortcut to close a window used to be double-clicking in that corner. In Windows 7 (not sure about 8 or 10), that menu button/icon is gone. Of course, you ca…

I wasn't defending it. I'm familiar with it and use it occasionally, but I don't think I would have made that design choice.

Re: Switching from macOS: The Basics

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Post by nihonde »

reitanqild wrote: post #536
philbot1008 wrote: post #529

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+ cycles open applications, but + cycles windows in the current application context I find this two-dimensional switching incredibly useful for multitasking, whereas Windows just flattens all windows to the alt-tab list, which quickly becomes overwhelming if you're a power user who doesn't like to close windows.

I have to believe you but this exact feature is possibly my biggest issue with Mac: breaking the stack. In some of my workflows I jump back and forth between programs a lot. Example (not everything I do is this tedious : ) Alt + tab, tab, ctrl + shift + end, ctrl + c, alt + tab, ctrl + v. When I was on Mac it felt like this would break down multiple times a day: CMD + tab, oh wait, another Window of the same App, tha…

Get Witch: https://manytricks.com/witch/

You should be all set. I've used it for years because I also prefer Windows' flat window switching.

Also, only $14--less than the price of most dongles. ;)

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