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by masklinn 1634 days ago
> - Windows has better Linux support than macOS (WSL gives better integration which means Docker is easier to use compared to Minikube via Hyperkit vm)

'bit of a duh, that.

> My biggest gripes with macOS, after decades of Windows and Linux: [...] macOS doesn’t have the crucial software I need: FAR Manager

...

FAR doesn't work on linux either, the unofficial linux port (of 2.0) advertises macOS support, and midnight commander works everywhere.

> - The window manager in macOS lacks basic features compared to Windows: no tiling, but Windows gets it out of the box with Win+arrows

BigSur added a tiling system, but it's really just a split-window fullscreen (so you can't have one half of the screen full and the rest mixed-purpose). Much easier to use a tiler like divvy or BetterSnapTool.

Then again I find windows' tiling just as useless as macos' though it's less prescriptive, I use PowerToys' FancyZones there.

> All hotkeys on macOS are different from the rest of the world (Windows, Linux) for no good reason

That's next-level dishonest. There are excellent reasons for it:

1. macos was first

2. macos has always dedicated its own modkey to system-level shortcuts

3. this also makes ctrl and opt (alt) much more regular and convenient

The windows key is a half-assed aping of it.

> And no, switching Cmd to Ctrl doesn’t solve it

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If I remember correctly there are generally fewer shortcut keys on macOS than the alternatives.

Things like controlling and moving windows is not supported without third party app.

Thus macOS is a more mouse centric operating system, but at the same time macOS has by default fewer mouse settings too (eg speed vs acceleration)