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Do my eyes deceive me? O.o What trickery is this?! If I can run iTerm2 on Linux… snap. Um, I would seriously consider switching entirely over to Linux. My kil

Do my eyes deceive me? O.o What trickery is this?! If I can run iTerm2 on Linux… snap. Um, I would seriously consider switching entirely over to Linux. My killer apps that make it hard for me to switch: - iTerm2 (must-have) - OmniGraffle (really nice, but not critical I guess) - Little Snitch (I understand there are alternatives, but LS is so nice!) - MoneyWell (budgeting—haven't found anything better) If anyone has any experience running those apps under Linux, please let me know.

Hydraulix989 7y ago
Getting LS to work in a Wine-like environment will be tricky. I bet it works internally by exposing a separate network device that filters traffic much like Wireshark, and the low-level abstractions for doing something like that are very OS-specific.
throwbackThurs 7y ago
Iterm2? There are amazing terminal apps for Linux. Look at Kitty.
moondev 7y ago
iTerm2 is is the main thing holding you back? Give tilix a try and you will forget all about iTerm2 https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/ https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/ Then you can also enjoy: - running containers natively without a clunky VM - KVM virtualization - say goodbye to virtualbox - middle-click paste - sounds odd but is really intuitive - infinite desktop customization - level up your linux skills - nothing does this faster than running linux as your daily driver - no longer at the mercy of one company potentially removing x86 for ARM because it benefits them not you https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21196611/arm-macbook-desktop-apple-2021-release-date https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21196611/arm-macbook-desk...
- crispinb 7y ago
  I'd add: - being permitted to choose your own hardware. And even (heaven forfend) repair it.
  - moondev 7y ago
    Good call, can't believe I left that one out!
- petepete 7y ago
  Both iTerm and Tilix are nice but once I tried Kitty I never looked back. Cross platform, too. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
  - mikkelam 7y ago
    I'm really happy with alacritty https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/ https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/, blazingly fast and if you're happy with living inside a terminal multiplexer it's really a good experience
    - mab122 7y ago
      I was using it before and I find it heavier than kitty. Now I am running kitty mainly because of wayland support and I did switch to wayland.
  - crispinb 7y ago
    Thanks for the kitty recommendation. I'm going to give it a try for a few days.
  - williamdclt 7y ago
    I found Kitty underwhelming. Used it for a while because iTerm was too slow/heavy/I used tmux anyway, but no global hotkey + terrible scrolling made me switch anyway.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  I think you’re severely underestimating what iTerm can do.
  - moondev 7y ago
    Can you share some examples that are unique to iTerm2?
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      I’ll let the website do the talking: https://iterm2.com/features.html https://iterm2.com/features.html. It’s not mentioned there, but iTerm’s has native tmux integration too: I barely know how to use it, but they show up as native tabs and windows that I can drag around and tile as I wish.
      - moondev 7y ago
        I'll give you iterm's tmux mode, seems tilix has an open issue for it but not implemented yet. https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/issues/480 https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/issues/480 Everything else listed on iterm's site seem fairly trivial to do with tilix and other linux emulators in general. In any event, lots of this stuff is better implemented in the shell itself (zsh and so on) much more portable that way. Both iTerm2 and tilix are great on the desktop. Terminals are just a solved problem these days. Hell even Windows is catching up with their new terminal app (not to mention WSL(2)).
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    - ontologiae 7y ago
      * The text research feature : it highlight what you search for and you can switch to a regexp. It works well with1G+ log data * You can set a color for each tab, so you instantaneously target the good ones * You have an history replay * Picture integration. Useful to visualize data from sql query in my psql shell * And some others I forgot. I hope that more and more, there will be linux's native alternatives when I'll switch the day after the hypothetical death of my late 2011 macbook
- o-__-o 7y ago
  Thank you for the tilix suggestion! All I ever wanted was a terminal that will rewrite the shell output if you resize the terminal. I hear things about kitty but it’s not an Ubuntu package so ️
  - crispinb 7y ago
    It is for me. I've just tried it. As so often unfortunately the package is sufficiently out of date to make installation of the author's prebuilt binary (https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary.html https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary.html) worthwhile.
    - o-__-o 7y ago
      Well then I could just go back to enlightenment’s terminal :)
29athrowaway 7y ago
OpenSnitch looks promising. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch Tilix is very much like iTerm2. Simple to use too.
LinuxBender 7y ago
I've never used this myself, but OpenSnitch appears to be a popular Linux equivalent to LittleSnitch. [1] - https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

Hydraulix989 7y ago

Getting LS to work in a Wine-like environment will be tricky. I bet it works internally by exposing a separate network device that filters traffic much like Wireshark, and the low-level abstractions for doing something like that are very OS-specific.

throwbackThurs 7y ago

Iterm2? There are amazing terminal apps for Linux. Look at Kitty.

moondev 7y ago

iTerm2 is is the main thing holding you back? Give tilix a try and you will forget all about iTerm2 https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/ https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/ Then you can also enjoy: - running containers natively without a clunky VM - KVM virtualization - say goodbye to virtualbox - middle-click paste - sounds odd but is really intuitive - infinite desktop customization - level up your linux skills - nothing does this faster than running linux as your daily driver - no longer at the mercy of one company potentially removing x86 for ARM because it benefits them not you https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21196611/arm-macbook-desktop-apple-2021-release-date https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21196611/arm-macbook-desk...

crispinb 7y ago
I'd add: - being permitted to choose your own hardware. And even (heaven forfend) repair it.
- moondev 7y ago
  Good call, can't believe I left that one out!
petepete 7y ago
Both iTerm and Tilix are nice but once I tried Kitty I never looked back. Cross platform, too. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
- mikkelam 7y ago
  I'm really happy with alacritty https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/ https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/, blazingly fast and if you're happy with living inside a terminal multiplexer it's really a good experience
  - mab122 7y ago
    I was using it before and I find it heavier than kitty. Now I am running kitty mainly because of wayland support and I did switch to wayland.
- crispinb 7y ago
  Thanks for the kitty recommendation. I'm going to give it a try for a few days.
- williamdclt 7y ago
  I found Kitty underwhelming. Used it for a while because iTerm was too slow/heavy/I used tmux anyway, but no global hotkey + terrible scrolling made me switch anyway.
saagarjha 7y ago
I think you’re severely underestimating what iTerm can do.
- moondev 7y ago
  Can you share some examples that are unique to iTerm2?
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    I’ll let the website do the talking: https://iterm2.com/features.html https://iterm2.com/features.html. It’s not mentioned there, but iTerm’s has native tmux integration too: I barely know how to use it, but they show up as native tabs and windows that I can drag around and tile as I wish.
    - moondev 7y ago
      I'll give you iterm's tmux mode, seems tilix has an open issue for it but not implemented yet. https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/issues/480 https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/issues/480 Everything else listed on iterm's site seem fairly trivial to do with tilix and other linux emulators in general. In any event, lots of this stuff is better implemented in the shell itself (zsh and so on) much more portable that way. Both iTerm2 and tilix are great on the desktop. Terminals are just a solved problem these days. Hell even Windows is catching up with their new terminal app (not to mention WSL(2)).
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
  - ontologiae 7y ago
    * The text research feature : it highlight what you search for and you can switch to a regexp. It works well with1G+ log data * You can set a color for each tab, so you instantaneously target the good ones * You have an history replay * Picture integration. Useful to visualize data from sql query in my psql shell * And some others I forgot. I hope that more and more, there will be linux's native alternatives when I'll switch the day after the hypothetical death of my late 2011 macbook
o-__-o 7y ago
Thank you for the tilix suggestion! All I ever wanted was a terminal that will rewrite the shell output if you resize the terminal. I hear things about kitty but it’s not an Ubuntu package so ️
- crispinb 7y ago
  It is for me. I've just tried it. As so often unfortunately the package is sufficiently out of date to make installation of the author's prebuilt binary (https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary.html https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary.html) worthwhile.
  - o-__-o 7y ago
    Well then I could just go back to enlightenment’s terminal :)

29athrowaway 7y ago

OpenSnitch looks promising. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch Tilix is very much like iTerm2. Simple to use too.

LinuxBender 7y ago

I've never used this myself, but OpenSnitch appears to be a popular Linux equivalent to LittleSnitch. [1] - https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch