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I am interested in switching from Macbook to Linux laptop. My biggest concern is the different keyboard shortcuts and layouts (most important ones are cmd vs ct

by j7ake 7y ago

I am interested in switching from Macbook to Linux laptop. My biggest concern is the different keyboard shortcuts and layouts (most important ones are cmd vs ctrl for shortcuts, but keeping ctrl+C for terminating processes). I bought a cheap Lenovo x230 recently, and the most annoying thing is finding an easy to configure the keyboard shortcuts to be the same as the OSX. Does anyone know if there are any OSes or software that helps mimic the OSX keyboard experience for those who don't want to undo the years of muscle memory?

joemaller1 7y ago
This has been the single hardest thing I’ve found in switching platforms.
panpanna 7y ago
Honestly, if this is your big problem with Linux I think you should stay with osx. (of course you can configure shortcuts and there are distros that mimic isx shortcuts)
- j7ake 7y ago
  I'm curious, which distros mimic the OSX shortcuts?
  - cruano 7y ago
    Elementary os for example https://elementary.io https://elementary.io Although they try to mimic everything in OSX
Lio 7y ago
They’re not so bad with a bit of practice. In the terminal Ctrl-c is still terminate (SIGINT) so to copy something use Ctrl-Shift-c Same for paste and cut, use Ctrl-Shift-v or Ctrl-Shift-x. What I like is that Gnome now provides me with shortcuts for moving windows about that macOS doesn’t. Eg half full screen on the left windowkey-left.