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Spoiler: GNOME wins

Btw their GNOME Theme manager is here

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 73 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Spoiler, that’s just an opinion.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 46 points 7 months ago

As someone who had to help coworkers with Windows, Mac and Linux problems one of the main problems of macOS is the fact that you have to use the clumsy GUI for so many things and that the Unix-like underpinnings are badly maintained and outdated so many systems have several versions of the same tool installed in various locations (OS-, Homebrew-, MacPorts- or whatever other package manager of the day versions).

[–] fart_pickle@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I've been macOS user for past decade. I've switch to Linux a year ago and the first thing I did when I tried Gnome was to switch to KDE. I like how Gnome tries to mimic macOS but it's still has long way ahead. Gnome was really good on a touch device but I kept hitting the wall with small quirks and eventually I switched to KDE. I know it's unpopular opinion but I find macOS UI superior to both Gnome and KDE.

[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

everyone has their preferences, and maybe it could also have something to do with you being so used to the macOS ui that anything else feels weird or wrong in a way?

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Fwiw i have almost exactly the same feeling going from gnome to macos, sure its polished but it goes out of its way to make anything even slightly complicated incredibly difficult. So yeah im pretty sure its mostly familiarity.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago (5 children)

As a regular user of both, I'm able to accomplish custom stuff faster with Linux, but Mac is pretty hands off once you get it set up. That said, it's a garbage OS out of the box. It's 2024 and it doesn't even have windows snapping or back button support. You have to install and configure 3rd party tools to make it behave like something created in the last two decades. I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't give a shit about their Mac OS anymore, since most of their money comes from iOS and store purchases/subscriptions.

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (12 children)

That's because Microsoft has patented window snapping. Third party apps are still there because they aren't worth chasing.

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 26 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Wtf why are people downvoting this.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Some people hate life.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 17 points 7 months ago (24 children)

I use KDE but GNOME is cool too lol.

Btw it is pronounced with a G.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You will never make me pronounce the G. Never!

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, you don't pronounce the G? So it's like... "NOM-NOM-NOM"?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

LOL. Yes, but add an E at the end. Like this::

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[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Oh, this is getting dangerous now.

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[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

BIG kDE is suppressing this post.

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)

Gnome’s Nautilus is a long way away from being Finder. It certainly trying very hard, and there are some things I like about Nautilus more than I like about Finder, but Finder has a lot of polish that is missing from Nautilus.

That said, I look forward to The development of Nautilus and all of the improvements that will bring.

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Huh, i have the complete opposite reaction. Having to move to macos for work finder is probably my least favourite bit. It feels like it is deliberately trying to hide the file system and my files from me and just give me the files it thinks i want, id have nautilus or thunar installed in a heartbeat.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

I hate finder so much lol

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (14 children)

Anything is better than Mac... I hate how every time I try to push the green circle in the top left it now goes into full screen mode (if you don't hold option every single time). Who the fuck wants full screen mode?

That one feature is honestly enough to use anything else. It didn't used to be this way... But Apple has been screwing up their products for over a decade now.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 22 points 7 months ago

We are polar opposites; I almost never want something not in fullscreen, hah. I've been using a mac for work for a bit over a year now and hate it.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 14 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Can you change these colored circles to symbols? Red/green are horrible, I can mostly not differetiate them

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Somehow I never considered that, MacOS' stupid stoplight buttons aren't particularly accessible, are they?

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[–] 0x0f@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

they change to symbols when hovering, i don't think they have a a11y setting for them :/

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (10 children)
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[–] Railison@aussie.zone 10 points 6 months ago

There are some gaps in this video owing to the guy not knowing some different keyboard shortcuts in macOS and just assuming they don’t exist.

I’d say macOS is still more consistent than Linux but it certainly peaked in Snow Leopard.

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[–] exanime@lemmy.today 8 points 6 months ago (6 children)

MacOS is like taking an athlete (Linux), dressing it up as a K-pop band member and tying it to a post so they can only move in a specific way and sing the same song.

Why would anyone want that when you can have the pure, raw performance and stamina of the athele and make with them whatever you'd like?

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