Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook

Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook by chrisseaton on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:10AM (#27005624)

Have you ever thought about declaring customisation 'bankruptcy' and just using it out of the box with defaults? That's what I do - never customise anything. I do genuinely think it saves me a lot of time.

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook by ylyn on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:25AM (#27005727)

All my Linux configuration files are versioned. Doesn't take that much time to spin up a new machine anymore.

I just install, checkout, setup symlinks, and done.

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook by jrjsmrtn on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:04PM (#27009793)

I use dotfiles on both Linux and macOS. From the same repository :-)

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook by chrisseaton on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:28AM (#27005745)

I think we mean macOS in this context, not Linux.

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook by Waterluvian on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:11PM (#27007888)

It's a worthy thought.

Mainly what I customize is to make one computer like the rest of mine. Main examples:

The command key isn't where the Ctrl key is and my hands mess that up. So I flip the key locations.

Identical hotkeys for pulling up a console, opening apps.

Making iterm2 and terminator behave the same.

Identical bash settings.

Etc.

I use a Mac and an Ubuntu machine side by side all day and need them to respond the same to my muscle memory.

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