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For "most MacOS-like experience" and "willing to compromise on FOSS philosophy for practical convenience in GPU-related work", I recommend taking a look at Pop!

For "most MacOS-like experience" and "willing to compromise on FOSS philosophy for practical convenience in GPU-related work", I recommend taking a look at Pop!_OS. It's System76's take on Ubuntu with Mac-like UI tweaks and proprietary Nvidia drivers built in.

ramensea 7y ago
I've found Chrome OS to provide the most Mac like experience outside of Mac. Its Linux app support is still in development, but I successfully made a Unity game on my Chromebook!
cr0sh 7y ago
I've personally found Budgie Linux to be the most "MacOS-like" distro. It is also based on Ubuntu. Earlier this year I was forced to do an OS refresh on my home system, and I decided I wanted something closer to MacOS; before I had a hacked together system that approximated (virtually identical) Crunchbang (#!) - but was based on Ubuntu Minimal (14.04 LTS) and built up from there. I wanted something that was still "lightweight" in the sense that it did what you wanted and no more; something with a fairly MacOS-like "intuitive" interface. I wanted something that could be configured easily without needing to hack on config files (as I had to do with my mess - updating OpenBox, etc). But I still wanted to be able to easily modify it to make it mine (unlike MacOS which is pretty locked down in the modding department). I looked at PopOS, I looked at Mint, I looked at straight Ubuntu, and I tried BunsenLabs (what evolved out of #!); it wasn't until I tried Solus that I found the interface I liked - Budgie Desktop. Unfortunately, I hated the Solus package management system; I wanted my Debian archive files, and Ubuntu repos, etc! But a quick search found me Budgie Ubuntu - I tried it, and loved it. Ultimately, to each their own; Budgie Linux may not meet your definition of "MacOS-like" - but it met mine, and is certainly worth a look I think. I don't regret choosing it (my only "regret" - which is minor - is choosing the 18.04 LTS - so I couldn't get the latest version of Budgie, and won't until the next LTS release; currently Budgie is on 19.x (x.10 and x.04) - and that version has the latest version of Budgie, but LTS won't get it until 20.x).
- blacksmith_tb 7y ago
  I liked Budgie, which is an "official flavor" of Ubuntu these days[1] like Kubuntu, Xubuntu etc. Personally I didn't find Budgie to be a lot nicer than stock Gnome, but it has some visual flair for sure. 1: https://ubuntubudgie.org/ https://ubuntubudgie.org/

ramensea 7y ago

I've found Chrome OS to provide the most Mac like experience outside of Mac. Its Linux app support is still in development, but I successfully made a Unity game on my Chromebook!

cr0sh 7y ago

I've personally found Budgie Linux to be the most "MacOS-like" distro. It is also based on Ubuntu. Earlier this year I was forced to do an OS refresh on my home system, and I decided I wanted something closer to MacOS; before I had a hacked together system that approximated (virtually identical) Crunchbang (#!) - but was based on Ubuntu Minimal (14.04 LTS) and built up from there. I wanted something that was still "lightweight" in the sense that it did what you wanted and no more; something with a fairly MacOS-like "intuitive" interface. I wanted something that could be configured easily without needing to hack on config files (as I had to do with my mess - updating OpenBox, etc). But I still wanted to be able to easily modify it to make it mine (unlike MacOS which is pretty locked down in the modding department). I looked at PopOS, I looked at Mint, I looked at straight Ubuntu, and I tried BunsenLabs (what evolved out of #!); it wasn't until I tried Solus that I found the interface I liked - Budgie Desktop. Unfortunately, I hated the Solus package management system; I wanted my Debian archive files, and Ubuntu repos, etc! But a quick search found me Budgie Ubuntu - I tried it, and loved it. Ultimately, to each their own; Budgie Linux may not meet your definition of "MacOS-like" - but it met mine, and is certainly worth a look I think. I don't regret choosing it (my only "regret" - which is minor - is choosing the 18.04 LTS - so I couldn't get the latest version of Budgie, and won't until the next LTS release; currently Budgie is on 19.x (x.10 and x.04) - and that version has the latest version of Budgie, but LTS won't get it until 20.x).

blacksmith_tb 7y ago
I liked Budgie, which is an "official flavor" of Ubuntu these days[1] like Kubuntu, Xubuntu etc. Personally I didn't find Budgie to be a lot nicer than stock Gnome, but it has some visual flair for sure. 1: https://ubuntubudgie.org/ https://ubuntubudgie.org/