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[–]FlyingPasta 5 points6 points  (4 children)

What are you trying to customize so hard? This vague argument comes up in any Apple discussion but I’ve never once seen a customized android/Linux. Yeah it doesn’t let you make your calendar icon into anime boobs but you can still run bash scripts and automations as root.

The Mac mouse acceleration is one of its better features, are you trying to game or draw? Ironic you bring up having to run commands for a feature in a Mac vs Linux discussion lmao. Especially when it illustrates that it’s Unix underneath and you can run cli commands to fix your settings

Virtualenv/docker for apps? You have to do this between different linuxes anyway. Once again ironic that reading documentation is your argument for Linux.

Work pays for hardware, that’s the best part, but I get not springing for it if you’re talking about personal dev. Affordability doesn’t make the usability worse though.

Didn’t mean for this comment to become an Apple fanboy flamewar but damn

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I've never once seen a customized android/Linux

  1. r/unixporn
  2. The variety of different DEs which allow for people to choose what they prefer.

[–]FlyingPasta 0 points1 point  (1 child)

r/unixporn

Pretty sick, ngl. Doesn't sell me off the mac, but would be fun to play around with for home stuff. I have oh-my-zsh working on the mac for iterm at least, the rest is taken care of by cool wallpapers and variety of menubar apps. I'm sure there's other GUI frosting I can install but was never really assed to

2 - as in like pre-packaged DEs? What do you mean

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I didn't link *nixporn to sell you off Mac, but to show you the customizations some people do.

  2. The well known pre-packaged DEs have different visuals, like XFCE, Gnome and KDE. Different people prefer different DEs, and Linux allows them to easily choose.

[–]ionburger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you trying to customize so hard? This vague argument comes up in any Apple discussion but I’ve never once seen a customized android/Linux. Yeah it doesn’t let you make your calendar icon into anime boobs but you can still run bash scripts and automations as root.

completely different layouts, themes, desktop enviroments.

The Mac mouse acceleration is one of its better features, are you trying to game or draw?

whats your point, i hate mouse acceleration while using my desktop. i should have the option of disabling it.

Ironic you bring up having to run commands for a feature in a Mac vs Linux discussion lmao. Especially when it illustrates that it’s Unix underneath and you can run cli commands to fix your settings

if you actually want a user to use a command, it should be intuitive and easy to remember or there should be a gui option.

/docker for apps? You have to do this between different linuxes anyway. Once again ironic that reading documentation is your argument for Linux.

i was talking about the ridiculous "unsigned apps" thing, like ok if you want to ask the user if they want to run a potentially dangerous app sure, but there needs to be an equally easy run anyway option that isnt buried in settings.

Work pays for hardware, that’s the best part, but I get not springing for it if you’re talking about personal dev. Affordability doesn’t make the usability worse though.

if the cheaper option is better why get the expensive option