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1. There's only ONE tip out of 9 that tells the user to use iTerm over the default Terminal. I don't agree with many of the tips here and I wouldn't use them to
by Watabou 14y ago
1. There's only ONE tip out of 9 that tells the user to use iTerm over the default Terminal. I don't agree with many of the tips here and I wouldn't use them to "enhance" my workflow but you have to critique the article on what it actually says, not what it's geared towards. You can't just say "why is this geared towards OS X?" because that's not a valid criticism.
2. Sure, I never said it could replace a mouse. Only, I rarely ever use a mouse because I don't want to carry around a mouse just for middle click when I can use a Modifier key + single click to achieve the same thing. I also use my keyboard more, even to switch between applications and rearranging my windows using a Window Manager app like Slate. I also never said Apple's website triggers any of my emotions so I don't know where you got that from. I just said Apple has the best trackpads around and you can actually not use a mouse if you don't want to since Apple's trackpad is so good. Also, a Mac app called "BetterTouchTool" further enhances the track pad so you can do almost anything with trackpad gestures, something you really can't do easily on Linux.
3. Yeah, that was just my opinion. I wasn't speaking on behalf of other people.
4. Okay, got it. Many of my friends use that as a reason when I ask them why they run Linux though. They say it's cheap and they don't want to pay $2000 for a Mac which is fair enough. They just want a Unix machine and they can run Ubuntu on a VirtualBox without paying a cent.
This may be heavily opinionated, I know, but like I said, the reason Linux never appealed to me is because I can run Linux apps on the Mac since open source usually means I can run it on different platforms. Take any linux app, and I can bet 99% of the time, it's also available on the mac and I can further bet 80% of the time, there's an alternative on the Mac which is better (in my opinion). The truth of the matter is, there are many Mac exclusive apps that are far better than anything available on other platforms. This is just my opinion, that's all. You may view it differently than me, that's okay!