Software development, particularly web development, on Windows is pretty good now. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL/2), Windows Terminal, and VS Code make for a strong and complete environment. On a recent project it was easy to clone a repo in Terminal, run it in a docker container, and use VS Code’s Remote Development extension to edit directly in WSL or Docker Containers.
So basically it’s “good” because it can feel more like Linux? Linux terminals are way better, VSCode works fine on Linux, and Linux doesn’t need a VM to run Docker containers (provided you avoid Docker Desktop, which sucks anyway).
MacOS itself has best-in-class UI Design
Disagree, but I’m apparently in the minority here. I absolutely do not like macOS, and this is after more than 3 years of using it every day for my job. I dislike pretty much everything about it, but at least it has decent third party package managers (I use MacPorts, coworkers use Homebrew).
If you like Apple’s design ethos, you’ll probably love it. I don’t.
Ubuntu with GNOME
Gross. GNOME seems to try to be the macOS of Linux UIs, with everything being simplified to the absurd. It’s fine, but mostly because I ignore the GNOME bits most of the time.
I’m quite happy with KDE on openSUSE. I’m very much not a fan of Ubuntu (snaps is a major reason), so I think the author should try something else.
I agree with you about macos design. I’m not a fan of it either. It’s garish with over the top animations. The window manager is dreadful. Track pad gestures are great though as is spotlight search.
Eh, I’m not a fan of the trackpad gestures either. I much prefer a keyboard-driven workflow, and the Rectangle app has been way better than anything builtin to macOS, and that just recreates features in Linux and Windows.
Spotlight search is way better than Linux and Windows equivalents, but it’s also solving a problem I don’t have. When I launch it, 99% of the time I want to launch an app, and the rest is just noise to me. I’ve tried just using the app drawer search thing, but that’s an extra step.
It gets out of the way better than Windows, but it still gets in the way more than I’d like.
I used to like mac OS when I used it on a macbook as a daily driver, years ago (haven’t owned a mac in a decade now). But recently I helped my mom set up a new macbook and I found it unwield.
I’m also with you on the Ubuntu and gnome front, although a buddy of mine swears with it. I just don’t like it. Not sure why, I have tried to work with Ubuntu + GNOME several times and I always end up switching to a different build.
So basically it’s “good” because it can feel more like Linux? Linux terminals are way better, VSCode works fine on Linux, and Linux doesn’t need a VM to run Docker containers (provided you avoid Docker Desktop, which sucks anyway).
Disagree, but I’m apparently in the minority here. I absolutely do not like macOS, and this is after more than 3 years of using it every day for my job. I dislike pretty much everything about it, but at least it has decent third party package managers (I use MacPorts, coworkers use Homebrew).
If you like Apple’s design ethos, you’ll probably love it. I don’t.
Gross. GNOME seems to try to be the macOS of Linux UIs, with everything being simplified to the absurd. It’s fine, but mostly because I ignore the GNOME bits most of the time.
I’m quite happy with KDE on openSUSE. I’m very much not a fan of Ubuntu (snaps is a major reason), so I think the author should try something else.
I agree with you about macos design. I’m not a fan of it either. It’s garish with over the top animations. The window manager is dreadful. Track pad gestures are great though as is spotlight search.
Eh, I’m not a fan of the trackpad gestures either. I much prefer a keyboard-driven workflow, and the Rectangle app has been way better than anything builtin to macOS, and that just recreates features in Linux and Windows.
Spotlight search is way better than Linux and Windows equivalents, but it’s also solving a problem I don’t have. When I launch it, 99% of the time I want to launch an app, and the rest is just noise to me. I’ve tried just using the app drawer search thing, but that’s an extra step.
It gets out of the way better than Windows, but it still gets in the way more than I’d like.
I used to like mac OS when I used it on a macbook as a daily driver, years ago (haven’t owned a mac in a decade now). But recently I helped my mom set up a new macbook and I found it unwield.
I’m also with you on the Ubuntu and gnome front, although a buddy of mine swears with it. I just don’t like it. Not sure why, I have tried to work with Ubuntu + GNOME several times and I always end up switching to a different build.
I don’t mind GNOME and switched to it when KDE had buggy Wayland support, but I don’t prefer it. It’s just… okay.
I stopped using macports when one of the first packages I downloaded for a popular program was broken.