Re:Poll on macOS 10.12 is broken
by AsyncAwait on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:08PM
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I personally use both macOS and Arch Linux and am much happier with the Linux experience:
- GNOME 3.22 has pretty great HiDPI and most GTK apps work very well with it + it looks great with the Arc theme + Numix icons
- A small virtual machine for Lightroom may be easier than Wine, or try a commercial, supported fork like Crossover
- The system is just soo much lighter and more responsive than macOS, no constant locks or spin wheels in 1/3rd of the CPU+RAM usage of a Mac.
- A package manager like pacman runs circles around Homebrew and the whole UNIX CLI toolset feels much more like a first class citizen
- Bugs are visible and traceable in the open and patches are often provided within a couple of days.
- WiFi on my 2015 15" MBP constantly drops for me, never happened to me under Linux (Arch specifically)
- The kernel can be compiled with only your specific modules, allowing for even faster, leaner system
- systemd is amazing and makes managing the system super easy
- Greater choice of file systems to fit your needs, most of which are not 30 year old and do not operate on a single file at a time.
- Even if the GUI freezes, it's super easy to switch to a tty and restart the display server, avoiding a hard reset
- Hardware with proper GPU available, allowing you to play over 2000 games on Steam, including some which are not on Mac at all
- Vulkan support/more likely to support future games
- Runs cooler and quieter
- Not subject to one company's whims and control
- I also have an iPhone, apart from iOS dev, why is this a concern for you under Linux?
- Rolling release if you want it, (contrary to popular opinion, very stable, I had the same install for 3 years without issues and that involved swapping the entire init system)
- Free as in freedom software, passionate people and community, generally much more of a developer/like minded individual type of crowd if you care about that
With it comes a sense that you're contributing to something having real impact out there.
- GNOME 3.22 has pretty great HiDPI and most GTK apps work very well with it + it looks great with the Arc theme + Numix icons
- A small virtual machine for Lightroom may be easier than Wine, or try a commercial, supported fork like Crossover
- The system is just soo much lighter and more responsive than macOS, no constant locks or spin wheels in 1/3rd of the CPU+RAM usage of a Mac.
- A package manager like pacman runs circles around Homebrew and the whole UNIX CLI toolset feels much more like a first class citizen
- Bugs are visible and traceable in the open and patches are often provided within a couple of days.
- WiFi on my 2015 15" MBP constantly drops for me, never happened to me under Linux (Arch specifically)
- The kernel can be compiled with only your specific modules, allowing for even faster, leaner system
- systemd is amazing and makes managing the system super easy
- Greater choice of file systems to fit your needs, most of which are not 30 year old and do not operate on a single file at a time.
- Even if the GUI freezes, it's super easy to switch to a tty and restart the display server, avoiding a hard reset
- Hardware with proper GPU available, allowing you to play over 2000 games on Steam, including some which are not on Mac at all
- Vulkan support/more likely to support future games
- Runs cooler and quieter
- Not subject to one company's whims and control
- I also have an iPhone, apart from iOS dev, why is this a concern for you under Linux?
- Rolling release if you want it, (contrary to popular opinion, very stable, I had the same install for 3 years without issues and that involved swapping the entire init system)
- Free as in freedom software, passionate people and community, generally much more of a developer/like minded individual type of crowd if you care about that With it comes a sense that you're contributing to something having real impact out there.