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 simon04 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:16AM (#27005659)

I've been using Arch/Fedora with i3 and us-intl keyboard layout (plus xmodmap customizations).

After 5+ months, the shortcut (involving control/option/command instead of ctrl/alt) and keyboard layout (for characters like äöüß»«) still drives me crazy. Daily. It's super hard to re-train your muscle memory regarding complex shortcuts from IDEs such as VS Code and IntelliJ. I've found myself to rather use the mouse for certain tasks because I cannot recall the correct shortcut.

In those 5 months, I've probably installed 5 macOS upgrades each requiring >6GB download and >30min installation time.

Besides that, I'm very happy with the hardware: overall quality, great touchpad, great performance, no fan in the MacBook Air.

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Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook by mr_o47 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:18AM (#27005683)

I agree with you remembering shortcuts especially I find my self browsing forums SO or unix stack exchange on optimizing my workflow with shortcuts but in the end remembering those shortcuts is work unless you use them everyday

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