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by pjmlp 19 days ago
It isn't a problem as long one understands the difference between UNIX and GNU/Linux.

For me Linux had been mostly the UNIX that we have back at home, while most work was done in Solaris, HP-UX, Aix, DG/UX.

I am not attached to Linux specifically.
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baq 19 days ago
The thing is, I'm not talking about POSIX or CLI; I'm strictly speaking about the desktop GUI. macOS keeps going into a direction which is actively preventing being efficient with it, all the while making weird net-negative decisions about looks for reasons which can only be explained by UI and UX designers trying to sell themselves as useful internally. I used to be an early adopter, now I'm waiting for the enterprise-forced upgrade of major versions, which is the only reason I'm upgrading at all.
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thewebguyd 19 days ago
the macOS desktop GUI really is...not great. I tolerate it only for the hardware, and I'm only able to tolerate thanks to a bunch of little utility apps, and even there's some functionality that's not even possible (like setting a window to be always on top).

Finder's only saving grace is miller columns, it sucks in nearly every other way.

Windows+PowerToys is far more enjoyable and productive to use, as is basically any Linux DE.

macOS is fine if your usage involves one or two apps, all each with only one active window. The moment your work involves multiple widows of the same app (say 3 browser windows, a bunch of open Excel docs, multiple terminals) the entire apps are separate from their windows paradigm starts to break down. On Windows being able to alt+tab through browser tabs along with the rest of your open windows is great.

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