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Not sure what you mean to imply. I've been using Mac daily at work for three years now, and KDE simply is better. I still prefer Mac over Windows though. Simil

Not sure what you mean to imply. I've been using Mac daily at work for three years now, and KDE simply is better. I still prefer Mac over Windows though. Similarly to the article author, a lot of my grievances are about Finder. Either it is very poor as a file manager, or it's so undiscoverable that after all these years I have still not figured it out properly. These are all anecdotes and preferences, obviously. I do get that Mac hits all the boxes for some people.

dsego 4y ago
Any specific grievances? The discoverability argument I don't buy, because the same people that will tinker for hours on a linux distro to learn and set it up, suddenly need things to be in their face or it's not discoverable.
- distances 4y ago
  I'm sure it's partly just resistance to change. I did get some good tips from the comment someone linked: https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/yvxz2l/kde_beats_macos_hands_down/iwklxej/ https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/yvxz2l/kde_beats_macos... But discoverability is part of the issue. E.g. Finder doesn't list keyboard shortcuts for any of the items in the context menu. I now see they are listed in the app menu though. But I've used Finder for three years without these hints. And then I encounter things like I can't cut-paste a file. Is it something I can't just find, or is it not a Mac concept? I have to search the web to find an answer to things like this, and I probably resort to mv with Terminal. Which can probably be filed under change resistance.
  - dsego 4y ago
    > I can't cut-paste a file. Is it something I can't just find, or is it not a Mac concept? I'm sure if linux/kde/gnome implemented copy-move semantics instead of the usual cut-paste first, every linux evangelist would advocate it here for how superior it is to win/mac paradigms, sort of like package management flavor of the month, middle mouse button to paste text etc. I still remember how non-technical folks couldn't grasp the cut-paste concept back in win 95 days, like you cut a file and it's grayed out, where is it, what happens if you don't paste, does it disappear, etc Or having to double click to open files. Wasn't very discoverable for them, but very easy for me at the tender age of 12-13, probably because I was actually interested in tech and learning about all the ins and outs of windows, they were just trying to get stuff done. But it does depend on experience and open-mindedness.
    - distances 4y ago
      I don't really get what you're saying. That there is another file moving semantic on Mac, and it's not that hard to figure out?

dsego 4y ago

Any specific grievances? The discoverability argument I don't buy, because the same people that will tinker for hours on a linux distro to learn and set it up, suddenly need things to be in their face or it's not discoverable.

distances 4y ago
I'm sure it's partly just resistance to change. I did get some good tips from the comment someone linked: https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/yvxz2l/kde_beats_macos_hands_down/iwklxej/ https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/yvxz2l/kde_beats_macos... But discoverability is part of the issue. E.g. Finder doesn't list keyboard shortcuts for any of the items in the context menu. I now see they are listed in the app menu though. But I've used Finder for three years without these hints. And then I encounter things like I can't cut-paste a file. Is it something I can't just find, or is it not a Mac concept? I have to search the web to find an answer to things like this, and I probably resort to mv with Terminal. Which can probably be filed under change resistance.
- dsego 4y ago
  > I can't cut-paste a file. Is it something I can't just find, or is it not a Mac concept? I'm sure if linux/kde/gnome implemented copy-move semantics instead of the usual cut-paste first, every linux evangelist would advocate it here for how superior it is to win/mac paradigms, sort of like package management flavor of the month, middle mouse button to paste text etc. I still remember how non-technical folks couldn't grasp the cut-paste concept back in win 95 days, like you cut a file and it's grayed out, where is it, what happens if you don't paste, does it disappear, etc Or having to double click to open files. Wasn't very discoverable for them, but very easy for me at the tender age of 12-13, probably because I was actually interested in tech and learning about all the ins and outs of windows, they were just trying to get stuff done. But it does depend on experience and open-mindedness.
  - distances 4y ago
    I don't really get what you're saying. That there is another file moving semantic on Mac, and it's not that hard to figure out?