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I have long said that Mac os X is only useful as a way to start Emacs, but since 10.10 I am not even sure about that. Of course it is a matter of taste. I get
by bjoli 9y ago
I have long said that Mac os X is only useful as a way to start Emacs, but since 10.10 I am not even sure about that.
Of course it is a matter of taste. I get that. I still have to bite my tongue to not yell profanities whenever I hear anything about productivity and Mac OS.
Most of the time I keep my mouth shut. Now I just wanted to tell you that you are not alone. I have to use Mac OS at work. To avoid frustration I have started to let my soul and will leave my body before logging in and let my lobotomized shell I left behind just go with the flow. At least until Emacs is running full screen.
- rootusrootus 9y agoI don't suppose it's any consolation, but I feel the same way if I have to use Linux or Windows as a workstation. Different strokes for different folks.
- bb88 9y agoIt's a trendy way to start Emacs. I used one just to use vim.
- ekun 9y agoNice thing on windows is I can open the command line type >bash and I've got vim, ssh, sftp, bash whatever immediately. I still don't use that because other telnet, x-window setups are better for me. I never found out how to be productive in OSX vs what I can do in Windows.
- heartbreak 9y ago> Nice thing on windows is I can open the command line type >bash and I've got vim, ssh, sftp, bash whatever immediately. Yes, macOS has a terminal emulator as well. > I never found out how to be productive in OSX vs what I can do in Windows. Open Spotlight, type in "Terminal" and hit return.
- philliphaydon 9y agoUnsure how that magically makes OS X productive. Stuff is just easier and faster on windows or linux. And I’m tired of OS X randomly crashing or freezing. It’s like windows 98 now.
- danappelxx 9y agoThen how does opening the command line in windows magically make it productive? They're just citing a counterpoint.
- iaml 9y ago>Stuff is just [...] faster on windows Windows is the slowest of OSes, see http://www.bitsnbites.eu/benchmarking-os-primitives/ http://www.bitsnbites.eu/benchmarking-os-primitives/
- Entalpi 9y agoI guess it depends on what work you do. As for writing software macOS is nice since it is quite close to Linux and does contain a lot of the UNIX-thinking. Windows is, IMHO, a user experience mess. Mac is more gentle and aimed to be simple and useful for everyday people. Windows feels like it was designed by a lot of different groups that in the end glued their pieces together in order to ship it.