Saying that the macOS desktop is vastly inferior to Linux desktops is absolutely nuts. I've tried to get my relatives on Linux desktops so many times, just for it to go completely wrong a couple of weeks after and having to reinstall Windows. It's just not made for average (or below-average) users, so I don't see how it can be VASTLY inferior to something as easy and polished as macOS.

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baq 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t need polished and superior, I need to get work done. I want the OS to get out of the way, not slow me down with animations, stage managers and pretty docks. I don’t even need customization, I just need it to stop trying to outdo itself and fall over.

I’d run kde or even gnome on my work MacBook if it let me without a second thought.

PS just installed ios 26 and what is this? If this low contrast blobby window thing makes its way to the laptop I’ll be very, very not impressed.

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trueismywork 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just got a work Mac and I have spent around 20 years now on linux before it. I was making a list compared to KDE (not pros/cons just differences) It is still a work in progress since its only a couple of days since im using it.

1. No delete button. I know you can do Fn delete but It is more problematic. And I do use delete often.

2. System keeps important system stuff in Library directory in home. Do not do remove any directories.

4. Os x doesnt quit apps and then expects me to go through all apps in windows switcher.

5. The spaces dont wrap around.

6. Finder is always in your alt +tab? Causes issues with switching.

7. Corners are round. How to Disable it control the roundedness

8. Alt +Tab doesnt automatically restore minimized windows.

9. App store is quite weak compared to archlinux

10. There is no spaces pager (a small bar at top where I can immediately see which desktop im in)

11. It seems that I cannot have windows of same app in multiple spaces.

12. Same app has only one window. Apple mail for example. Cannot copy text from email to settings.

13. How to Disable HTML display in apple mail.

14. Kmail has much better interface for signing

Both for viewing rhe signed emails and for deciding which key to use

15. Opening a new windows from spotlight is not possible

16. Download multiple wallpapers at same time is not possible

17. All operations related to an app should be inside an app. Alt+w for tab and ctrl+tab for switching makes me move two fingers instead of one.

18. Spectacle is so much better than screen shot on MAC os

19. Ramdisk on mac os x

21. Threads view in emails isnot possible in apple mail

22. Application specific power optimization (for good battery life) on OS X

23. Better security and access on OSX for apps.

23. Switching between apps of same windows on OSX does not bring up a visual aid..

24. Long press leads to accents which is very cool but also I didn't use it.

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Nevermark an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> The spaces dont wrap around.

Indeed. I would love it if I could name spaces too. Amazing how little details improve productivity.

> It seems that I cannot have windows of same app in multiple spaces.

Right-click app icon in dock.

For different app windows in the same app, appearing in different spaces: Options->Assign to Desktop->None.

For app windows appearing across all spaces: Options->Assign to Desktop->All Desktops.

("Desktop" here actually refers to spaces, for some reason. And it would be nice to be able to do "All Desktops" at the window level, but nay.)

	▲	trueismywork an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks.

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sonofhans 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I feel your pain here; I remember my transition from Debian to MacOS. I’ve used DOS, Windows, Linux, and MacOS — each full-time for more than a decade. The switching pain is real, and some things still feel wrong to me after I got to love them on a prior OS.

E.g., in Windows apps, menu items are keyboard-addressable by default. This is brilliant for accessibility, and for accustomed power users. MacOS has no _by default_ equivalent.

E.g., managing virtual desktops in Linux are exactly as flexible and powerful as you want them to be. MacOS does it One Way (more or less), and you’d better like it.

I still love MacOS the most. Some of the things you list are real misses (#1). Some of them, I believe, are things you haven’t found yet (#11, #15, #16). Some are MacOS-specific metaphors which I’ve come to love compared with the alternatives (#4). Some I don’t understand but would be happy to discuss with you (#17).

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jakeydus 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

To be fair a lot of these might be because OS X was unveiled in 2016 /s

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cardanome 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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jebarker 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I do all my software development in remote clusters/supercomputers. I’d consider myself a power user. My laptop is for running a terminal, vscode, a browser and the various applications my company requires, e.g. Teams, Slack. So I want reliability, low configuration and maintenance overhead on my part and good battery life. Linux can’t compete on these fronts.

	▲	cardanome 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		All those pros you list have nothing to do with the desktop environment. Maybe low configuration but you can have that on Linux too. I totally agree that the hardware and the underlying Unix is decent. Audio on Mac is also way less of a hassle. I am not saying that a power user wouldn't have good reason to chose a Mac, just that the desktop is for me the weakest part of it compared to Linux.
	▲	trueismywork 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I do the same and I prefer KDE much more than Mac OS X apart from battery part.

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cosmic_cheese 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s more subjective of a thing than many would like to admit. As someone who’s been working as a dev for a decade and writing code outside of work for twice that, one of the things keeping me away from Linux is that there simply isn’t a true Mac analogue DE.

	▲	throwaway240403 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's funny how polarizing this is. Seemingly based on whatever system you grew up on, or are most accustomed to. I find Mac's window management to be something of a joke, and can't imagine why anyone would want to replicate it. I do see the value of the global menu but everything else feels wholly unintuitive to me. I can't stand that cmd+tab takes you to the last app, not the last window, and raises all that apps other windows as well. I literally never want that.

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wqaatwt 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sometimes jumping through random hops to solve things just work on other operating systems is fun (not sarcasm).

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GuinansEyebrows 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

hey, i don't know if you've considered it, but this comes across as a pretty unnecessarily-insulting way to state a personal preference.

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