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And this is why I still use a mac

whynotminot 7y ago
Haha, right? I understand if someone genuinely enjoys configuration. But gosh I just need my machine to get up and going so I can make some money and then go back to living.
- 8draco8 7y ago
  FreeBSD is for people that like to thinker with OS. Same as Arch on Linux side. I'm using Ubuntu for pretty much everything for over 10 years now and everything is just easy and fast. My current installation of Ubuntu Mate has been done 3.5 years ago as 16.04. Since then I went trough 4 distro upgrades, 16.04 > 16.10 > 17.04 > 17.10 > 18.04LTS and since in 18.04 they introduced snaps I decided to stick to LTS releases with my apps like JetBrains apps installed via snaps for latest updates. Somewhere in that update cycle I upgraded my machine and just pulled SSD from old machine and plugged it in into the new one and it just worked. The system is also being backed up into Synology NAS so when in meantime I bought small laptop for travel I basically "restored" my main PC into that laptop so I didn't have to manually setup everything. It's pretty simple. Unfortunately it doesn't move applications like TimeMachine does, only the settings so I had to install apps like SublimeText myself but settings was already in there. If your workflow can be moved outside of MacOS ecosystem then it's worth to checkout Linux especially Ubuntu (and all it flavors) as an alternative.
  - whynotminot 7y ago
    I actually do use Ubuntu every day for development. I also use macOS every day. They both get the job done relatively painlessly. I enjoy macOS more in general, but I like using Ubuntu in a VM because I can snapshot and restore.
- mruts 7y ago
  I’ve found the long-term productivity gains far outpace the short-term cost of using Linux/BSD. For example, I’ve found focus-follows-mouse WMs a huge boon to my productivity, a feature that OSX absolutely refuses to implement. The ability for a window to grab input without being raised is highly underrated.

Haha, right? I understand if someone genuinely enjoys configuration. But gosh I just need my machine to get up and going so I can make some money and then go back to living.

8draco8 7y ago
FreeBSD is for people that like to thinker with OS. Same as Arch on Linux side. I'm using Ubuntu for pretty much everything for over 10 years now and everything is just easy and fast. My current installation of Ubuntu Mate has been done 3.5 years ago as 16.04. Since then I went trough 4 distro upgrades, 16.04 > 16.10 > 17.04 > 17.10 > 18.04LTS and since in 18.04 they introduced snaps I decided to stick to LTS releases with my apps like JetBrains apps installed via snaps for latest updates. Somewhere in that update cycle I upgraded my machine and just pulled SSD from old machine and plugged it in into the new one and it just worked. The system is also being backed up into Synology NAS so when in meantime I bought small laptop for travel I basically "restored" my main PC into that laptop so I didn't have to manually setup everything. It's pretty simple. Unfortunately it doesn't move applications like TimeMachine does, only the settings so I had to install apps like SublimeText myself but settings was already in there. If your workflow can be moved outside of MacOS ecosystem then it's worth to checkout Linux especially Ubuntu (and all it flavors) as an alternative.
- whynotminot 7y ago
  I actually do use Ubuntu every day for development. I also use macOS every day. They both get the job done relatively painlessly. I enjoy macOS more in general, but I like using Ubuntu in a VM because I can snapshot and restore.
mruts 7y ago
I’ve found the long-term productivity gains far outpace the short-term cost of using Linux/BSD. For example, I’ve found focus-follows-mouse WMs a huge boon to my productivity, a feature that OSX absolutely refuses to implement. The ability for a window to grab input without being raised is highly underrated.