[chrisseaton]

> They left Linux because they want stability and portability so they jumped to macOS? I don't understand.

Which bit don’t you understand? macOS is stable with fantastic professional QA and support, and it lets you run more cross-platform ported software than Linux does.

[sofixa]

> and it lets you run more cross-platform ported software than Linux does

That's a stretch and i find it unlikely, but it's not like we have numbers. However, macOS makes it hard to run random software ( like a utility from GitHub) with their code signing "security" stuff ( working around it is anything but intuitive).

[chrisseaton]

Can you list many major applications available on Windows and on Linux, but not macOS?

The other way around you have major industry applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, Office, Ableton, AutoCAD, etc.

[awilfox]

One of my friends reminded me of CrossOver, which has eliminated that last small gap. And it is nice to finally be able to give back to the WINE community after using it for so long – I think my first use of WINE was Red Hat 9 in 2002.

The only one I can think of that isn't a total niche is SQL Server. Siemens NX dropped Mac support a while ago, but the Linux version is CLI-only. There are some more niche software (PaintShop Pro, A&B, Pro Motion NG) that suggest WINE for Linux users but I don't know how much that counts.

[the_lucifer]

The only one that I can think off the top of my head is Solidworks which is only on Windows (unsure about Linux, but I’m leaning towards it not being available on Linux)