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In my opinion, MacOS is just a nicer experience on the whole than (Ubuntu or Red Hat) Linux (I have limited experience with other distros, but they are all pret
by kortex 3y ago
In my opinion, MacOS is just a nicer experience on the whole than (Ubuntu or Red Hat) Linux (I have limited experience with other distros, but they are all pretty comparable to the big distros at best.
I only ever really had one goofy driver/deep OS bug in Mac - something with the location daemon would cause the wireless internet connection to cut out repeatedly. That bug was left behind with that machine when I left that company, and didn't appear in my next macbook pro.
Linux is just always a struggle with drivers, subtle bugs, and other misc friction. It's not a dealbreaker - ubuntu 22.04 is still my daily driver, but it's very much enough that I would prefer a mac for most development.
For example, if I run a software update, it quietly breaks the fn keys to change screen brightness, and when the machine wakes from sleep, the screen stays black. I figured out after much trial that running ubuntu-drivers fixes it, but it's a pain. I'd rather just turn off auto-updates.
Also the Command key for keyboard shortcuts is brilliant and just works across the whole system. On linux I have to use ctrl-shift to copy/paste and I haven't found a good workaround yet.