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supriyo-biswas 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> As a developer who mostly wants a Mac-like Linux distro without the associated noise

I'm required to use Ubuntu at work. Coming from Mac, apart from the menu bar at the top, on Gnome, I've been able to customize the keyboard shortcuts, remap the keyboard so that Ctrl works like Cmd, and use extensions like Dash to Dock[1] and themes like Whitesur[2] to replicate something that almost works like a Mac.

The keyboard remapping and customizing keyboard shortcuts were all done within default the default settings app.

The only things missing are some keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+A/V to move to the beginning and end, and the Ctrl+Shift+C/V behavior on the terminal instead of Cmd+C, which I've just worked around by using VSCode's terminal and configuring it to copy when I press Ctrl+C with some text selected.

[1] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/

[2] https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme

	▲	quadrifoliate 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> The only things missing are some keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+A/V to move to the beginning and end, and the Ctrl+Shift+C/V behavior on the terminal instead of Cmd+C, which I've just worked around by using VSCode's terminal and configuring it to copy when I press Ctrl+C with some text selected. The fact that you think this is acceptable shows that you don't appreciate the difference. Again, I haven't used Omarchy but the docs claim that Super + C and Super + V work everywhere, not with all the different exceptions you mention.
	▲	weaksauce 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		if you reset the keyboard shortcuts to their defaults and install toshy you can get the ctrl-a/e stuff and copy and paste in the command line with cmd-c/v and a lot of the other mac like keyboard shortcuts. it's really plug and play and works well... can't recommend it enough. (though there are some edge cases that may require some tweaks but overall it's great) https://github.com/RedBearAK/toshy

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fny 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why doesn't Ubuntu fit the bill? You can even install hombrew on it. Everything works like a mac with no fuss.

Also the only reason I left Linux was due to hardware. Ubuntu was convenient enough.

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onraglanroad 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's no reason to use homebrew on Linux. Your package manager is better in every respect.

Just don't.

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lrvick 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Homebrew is like giving a bunch of wikipedia randos remote shell access to your computer. There is no enforced code review policy. Any maintainer can make a commit under a pseudonym and merge their own code to main without review.

Homebrew should not be allowed near any machine you need to be able to trust.

	▲	quadrifoliate 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Homebrew is like giving a bunch of wikipedia randos... And I'm guessing you go to https://www.britannica.com/ when you want to learn something about a new topic, right?

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bigyabai 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> In a different way you can see this in this thread where instead of discussing why Omarchy has the bug

There's nothing interesting to discuss. Rootless OCI-compliant containers exist, and Omarchy ignored them. The "convenience" of the solution they chose simultaneously opens an enormous attack surface that the maintainers didn't consider.

This is why I don't believe the "give me a macOS distro" people - even Apple wouldn't do this. If you want a preconfigured Mac-like distro, then you should use GNOME and not a pre-riced desktop with hundreds of dotfiles. You don't have to use Arch either, you can go with a graphical install of Fedora or CachyOS if you want. This will give you a system that you can understand, maintained by people with a minimum standard of quality, that actually resembles the workflow of macOS. There is no Niri or Sway rice that will magically make your system make sense, and this is why I think a lot of the Mac and Windows expats should just use a normal desktop.

	▲	quadrifoliate 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> There's nothing interesting to discuss. Rootless OCI-compliant containers exist, and Omarchy ignored them. Why Omarchy chose to ignore all the rootless OCI-compliant containers; and also why docker itself isn't rootless yet is a pretty interesting thing to discuss. I'm not aware of the specifics being a Mac user myself, but others in the thread (e.g. here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49500186) say that podman still doesn't work 1:1 with docker exactly. If you disagree, that's a reasonable thing to discuss; but otherwise just saying "ha ha just use the rootless thing" is missing the point.

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troupo 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> if you encounter a problem with Arch and ask about it

It's probably already documented on Arch wiki or it's a generic Linux issue that has already been solved by someone (that has been my experience with Cachy).