Why You Should Build a Hackintosh

Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by bdcravens on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:54PM (#17709469)

I wouldn't call their latest generation of MBPs wonderful. I've had weird video issues with both machines I've had (2016 and 2017 models). Touchbar is a novelty. Initially used TouchID, but haven't for several months now. (using 1Password's browser extension that doesn't support it, and Apple Watch for unlocking the machine). Haven't had the keyboard issues, but I also dock so I rarely use the keyboard.

I tried switching to Linux, but so many parts of my workflow I was making compromises on. (for instance, I prefer Tower for git and Transmit for S3) Multi-monitor was a headache.

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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by vinceguidry on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @03:33PM (#17709822)

My main problem with multi-monitor on OSX is little mouse cursor freezes that happen every few seconds while I'm using it. I've searched and found that it had to do with multi-monitor but have yet to find a solution.

Compared to this Linux isn't all that bad. Took me a bit to find the magic xrandr invocation that would allow me to manage screen pseudo-brightness sanely. If I can find out the right way to put together a f.lux-style Night Mode I may switch to Linux on all machines.

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Re:Why You Should Build a Hackintosh by lozf on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:06PM (#17712373)

You might like RedShift instead of f.lux on Linux.

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