I find your problems are mostly fighting your own muscle memory. The Cmd key is much more consistent for the entire OS. You can do Cmd + C, Cmd + V, Cmd + R, Cmd + Q pretty much anywhere (including the terminal), whereas in Linux you have to use Ctrl + shift + c/v. And the ergonomics of the Cmd key is way better than ctrl key. For installing development software, there's `brew`, and the terminal is exactly same. I don't know any feature that is Linux-only to feel the `better integrated` To go to the end of line, just use Cmd + right/left.