> Because most people using linux on the desktop (thus the development target) value functionality over aesthetics.

I know that is what drove me away.

Most just want a window manager for xterms.

Designers get bashed because they don't know what people want.

Performance on GUIs gets bashed, because what matters is doing xterms over remote X connections.

> Most just want a window manager for xterms.

Glances at 2nd and 3rd monitors

Well I can't argue there.

To hell with it, we need a shell which can handle multiple displays and scale tmux on them! :)

>value functionality over aesthetics.

Not much in that department, either. Nothing that beats the proprietary software staples, especially for creatives, that I happen to use: no Cubase, Pro Tools, Photoshop, Premiere, etc. Lots of apps ranging from "close but no cigar" to "why even try?".

If you're a developer, almost all the killer apps support Linux first. But you're right that this is the deal breaker

I am a developer and most of my killer tools have their place on macOS and Windows.

Compiling or getting the latest version of any kind of CLI dev tools on either platforms is considerably more difficult than Linux.

Not all developers care about UNIX CLI tools.

I care about CLI tools developed for macOS and Windows in mind, that take advantage of the respective OS APIs.

LLVM and vim work amazingly well on OS X.

Considering vim has no required dependencies, I would be very concerned if it didn't work on OS X.