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Sure I'll bite.. You're talking about Ubuntu, but can you do everything with Ubuntu running KDE or any other WM/DE? You probably mean GNOME or Unity. Didn't the

Sure I'll bite.. You're talking about Ubuntu, but can you do everything with Ubuntu running KDE or any other WM/DE? You probably mean GNOME or Unity. Didn't they abandon Unity? I dunno what's current, and frankly I don't care! > Resize the system font. I find the menu bar at the top too small. The only way to do this on MacOS is to lower the resolution of the entire screen! - Accessibility -> Display -> Menu bar size > Change the system font. I know you like Helvetica San Francisco - but I find it a bit too thin to read. - Seems like you have to change the resolution of your monitor if everything is too small. It won't impact the rest, as applications can still use the native resolution if needed. > Focus Follow Mouse. I have multiple screens and multiple windows. I want to be able to hover over a new one and start interacting with it without clicking. - Fair, although scrolling does work. It's just it won't transfer focus. > Change my mouse button order. On Linux, this is a complex command-line incantation. On MacOS it is impossible. I use a vertical mouse and use my thumb to click. RSI FTW! - Mouse -> Primary mouse button: left/right. Or use tools > Read files from MTP devices. If I stick a USB cable between my phone and Linux laptop, I can see the Android files on my laptop. I can open them, move them around, etc. On a Mac I need to install some shonky 3rd party software which rarely works. - On Android you can set the type of connection when you plug it in (debug/dev/files). I guess that all depends on which Android you have? > Always on top windows. Sometimes I want to keep the calculator on screen while I type an email. Is that too much to ask? - There are tools for that or you can script it. Applications that really need it usually have it built in. > No way to remove UI elements. I don't want a notification icon in the top right of my screen. I prefer having the clock on the left. Trivial in Linux, static in MacOS. - Correct > Window snapping. On Ubuntu, I drag a window to the side or to a corner, and it snaps into position. Vital when using multiple windows at once. On Mac there's a half-hearted splitscreen view which only supports horizontal splitting. Useless on a vertical monitor. - There are tools for this. But yeah the splitscreen really sucks. > See tooltips. I can't see them on Mac when I have a larger cursor. Weird! - You found a minor UI issue > Mount an SSH or NFS drive. In Ubuntu, I get a nice little GUI for picking network shares. Impossible on Mac. - Sure. There are tools for it, but there's also a connect window. Not as nice though. > Wobbly Windows! Seriously MacOS. Where's the fun? - I dunno.. The genie effect?

quibono 5y ago
> Sure I'll bite.. You're talking about Ubuntu, but can you do everything with Ubuntu running KDE or any other WM/DE? Yes. Apart from the Menu bar size it seems like your answer to everything is third party tools, which the author mentions at the beginning of the post. > - Mouse -> Primary mouse button: left/right. Or use tools Which tools specifically? > - On Android you can set the type of connection when you plug it in (debug/dev/files). I guess that all depends on which Android you have? I don't think this will help for most Android devices since it will try to connect through MTP (which isn't supported by macOS without external tools?).
- jbverschoor 5y ago
  Sure, but it doesn't mean you can't do it. There are plenty of things I can't do - out of the box - with Ubuntu. Doesn't mean you can't do it. Heck. If I install Ubuntu minimal I can't do anything. Ubuntu is one big 3rd party tool collection. > Which tools specifically? bettertouchtool On my xiaomi or galaxy, can't remember, as they are useless since the software isn't updated anymore. It prompts me on how I want to connect when I plug in a USB cable. > I know you're going to be tempted to reply with "you're using it wrong" - but I'm not. This is how I like to use my computer. And it is clear that the MacBook isn't my computer - it is Apple's. (OK, OK! It belongs to my employer!) This comment makes no sense. It's your computer. You can install all these tools if you want.
  - Liquid_Fire 5y ago
    > It's your computer. You can install all these tools if you want. I'm not sure what you're arguing here - it's literally not their computer, but their employer's. The employer can set policies on what you can or cannot install, whether technically enforced or not. By installing random third-party software, they may be breaching these policies. And yes, one could possibly get approval from the employer to install them (or maybe not - can you trust that this tool will not steal all your data?), but that is a lot of hassle for fixing such trivial things.
    - 5y ago

quibono 5y ago

> Sure I'll bite.. You're talking about Ubuntu, but can you do everything with Ubuntu running KDE or any other WM/DE? Yes. Apart from the Menu bar size it seems like your answer to everything is third party tools, which the author mentions at the beginning of the post. > - Mouse -> Primary mouse button: left/right. Or use tools Which tools specifically? > - On Android you can set the type of connection when you plug it in (debug/dev/files). I guess that all depends on which Android you have? I don't think this will help for most Android devices since it will try to connect through MTP (which isn't supported by macOS without external tools?).

jbverschoor 5y ago
Sure, but it doesn't mean you can't do it. There are plenty of things I can't do - out of the box - with Ubuntu. Doesn't mean you can't do it. Heck. If I install Ubuntu minimal I can't do anything. Ubuntu is one big 3rd party tool collection. > Which tools specifically? bettertouchtool On my xiaomi or galaxy, can't remember, as they are useless since the software isn't updated anymore. It prompts me on how I want to connect when I plug in a USB cable. > I know you're going to be tempted to reply with "you're using it wrong" - but I'm not. This is how I like to use my computer. And it is clear that the MacBook isn't my computer - it is Apple's. (OK, OK! It belongs to my employer!) This comment makes no sense. It's your computer. You can install all these tools if you want.
- Liquid_Fire 5y ago
  > It's your computer. You can install all these tools if you want. I'm not sure what you're arguing here - it's literally not their computer, but their employer's. The employer can set policies on what you can or cannot install, whether technically enforced or not. By installing random third-party software, they may be breaching these policies. And yes, one could possibly get approval from the employer to install them (or maybe not - can you trust that this tool will not steal all your data?), but that is a lot of hassle for fixing such trivial things.
  - 5y ago