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I switched to Mac’s in 2011. Was using Linux for quite some time before that. I still run Linux on servers and some old computers (my 2011 MBA runs Linux and i
by rovr138 6y ago
I switched to Mac’s in 2011. Was using Linux for quite some time before that.
I still run Linux on servers and some old computers (my 2011 MBA runs Linux and is probably sitting next to the sofa).
I don’t miss much. There are some things initially I had that I wanted to recreate.
I missed conky showing me info on the desktop and I tried to use... geektool? for that. But now I just have a widget on the menu bar with system info and I have some scripts I can run that give me whatever else I need easily enough.
Moving OS after a long time, you’ll want to figure how to do things the same way as you’re used to. That’s the only major thing.
But how do I feel? No driver issues, no battery issues, no performance issues.
Honestly, on a laptop at least, there are so many drivers and a MacOS supports theirs great. The trackpad is amazing and I miss it when I use someone else’s Linux machine.
I don’t miss much. The transition was simple. Using homebrew to install the GNU tools is a must but remember this if you build tools to share with other coworkers on macOS. That’s a big one. BetterTouchTool is a must for me.
If you have an iPhone, the integration is great too.
- mraza007 6y agoAgreed. I do own an iphone and I believe integration would be great. Do you find any difference between homebrew and other linux package managers such as pacman
- rovr138 6y agoIt actually works really well. Some commands are different and there are some flags. Some of them aren't really well documented, but if you've used others and keep an eye on the output when installing things, you start picking up on the terms and correlating them to other commands. It's all homebrew beer related, which I don't understand fully, but you start picking it up just by seeing the output.