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by ajford 1955 days ago
Well, things like the home/end behavior and back/delete key behavior are different on OS X but behave the same on Windows, most standard linux flavors, Sun OS, many BSD flavors, and Chrome OS (I'll give you the argument that this is just linux with a coat of paint), to name a few off the top of my head.

When you take that into consideration, OS X is the odd one out.

I do agree that some of the things in the list aren't correct though, and some are definitely more subjective.

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I don't believe I've ever had a keyboard with Home/End keys. What do they do on OS X/Linux?
Home and End move the cursor to the beginning and the end of the line, respectively, on any computer except a Mac.

It's extremely unlikely that you've never had a keyboard with these keys!

Control a and e (the Emacs shortcuts everybody knows) work on all Mac applications. That’s why home and end work differently.
> (the Emacs shortcuts everybody knows)

[citation needed]

Vim user: I think you mean ^ and $
You have almost certainly had a keyboard with these, even if it was behind a fn key combo on a laptop.