So I moved from the Linux world to the Apple world about 5 years ago when my work computer became a Mac Mini. My phone has been an iPhone since 3GS. Just look

So I moved from the Linux world to the Apple world about 5 years ago when my work computer became a Mac Mini. My phone has been an iPhone since 3GS. Just looking at the apps I use on my mac, the only "Apple" apps are Messages (along with a bunch of others like Zoom and LINE and Telegram and Skype and Whatsapp for different groups/work) and Photos. I use Office 365 for Mac and OneDrive because it has a free 1TB as part of the sub. I was backing up using Time Machine to an SMB box running Ubuntu, but Time Machine with APFS over SMB is painfully slow and unreliable. I went and bought Arq and it replaced my back up needs. If/When I need to bring up a new machine, I'll use Apple's stuff to do that. I've also got the following: * Macports: Has all of the OSS/CLI tools, libraries etc. Better than homebrew because it doesn't do stupid tricks with /usr/local and root privileges and works with the Apple frameworks cleanly * Office 365: Needed for work purposes, I use OneDrive with Arq as a remote backup location. * Firefox: Never seen the need to use any other browser * Thunderbird: Happy enough as a mail client, use fastmail as my mail server. * iTerm2: Awesome terminal that integrates with tmux and other stuff MacOS free utilities I use: * Karabiner-Elements: Allows me to map my EU ISO WASD keyboard * Rectangle: Gives me keyboard window placement/sizing * Stats: Menu bar widgets for CPU/Network etc Along the way I've bought various MacOS utilities: * Pathfinder: Replacement for Finder that has more features * Bartender: Keeps my menu bar clean of unnecessary widgets unless they are doing something "interesting" * Dash: Awesome documentation tool