Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1
by kortex on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:14PM
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In my opinion, MacOS is just a nicer experience on the whole than (Ubuntu or Red Hat) Linux (I have limited experience with other distros, but they are all pretty comparable to the big distros at best.
I only ever really had one goofy driver/deep OS bug in Mac - something with the location daemon would cause the wireless internet connection to cut out repeatedly. That bug was left behind with that machine when I left that company, and didn't appear in my next macbook pro.
Linux is just always a struggle with drivers, subtle bugs, and other misc friction. It's not a dealbreaker - ubuntu 22.04 is still my daily driver, but it's very much enough that I would prefer a mac for most development.
For example, if I run a software update, it quietly breaks the fn keys to change screen brightness, and when the machine wakes from sleep, the screen stays black. I figured out after much trial that running ubuntu-drivers fixes it, but it's a pain. I'd rather just turn off auto-updates.
Also the Command key for keyboard shortcuts is brilliant and just works across the whole system. On linux I have to use ctrl-shift to copy/paste and I haven't found a good workaround yet.
I only ever really had one goofy driver/deep OS bug in Mac - something with the location daemon would cause the wireless internet connection to cut out repeatedly. That bug was left behind with that machine when I left that company, and didn't appear in my next macbook pro.
Linux is just always a struggle with drivers, subtle bugs, and other misc friction. It's not a dealbreaker - ubuntu 22.04 is still my daily driver, but it's very much enough that I would prefer a mac for most development.
For example, if I run a software update, it quietly breaks the fn keys to change screen brightness, and when the machine wakes from sleep, the screen stays black. I figured out after much trial that running ubuntu-drivers fixes it, but it's a pain. I'd rather just turn off auto-updates.
Also the Command key for keyboard shortcuts is brilliant and just works across the whole system. On linux I have to use ctrl-shift to copy/paste and I haven't found a good workaround yet.