I like Mac OS, and get really frustrated when doing development on Windows machines. All the toolsets that are available on Linux are also available on Mac, whi

I like Mac OS, and get really frustrated when doing development on Windows machines. All the toolsets that are available on Linux are also available on Mac, which is a huge convenience when switching environments (e.g. from a mac terminal session to a linux one). Mac OS gui is pretty slick (e.g. its file-rename is pretty slick), and for their laptops, their trackpad is best in class, still; but I get pretty irritated at (1) the cost of Mac products (2) the constant OS churn which makes my old applications no longer work and which inevitably slow older machines to a crawl. What has prevented me, among other things, from just going fully Linux, is the ability to install certain common consumer products with minimal hassle.