Tell HN: macOS is degrading fast, and GNU/Linux is now better for most uses
I have to agree with this (except that I don&#x27;t have experience with Framework.) I&#x27;ve used Linux since my teenage years, and I was recently interested in trying a MacOS.<p>I was always told it was just like Linux with a better UX. But this is not the case. It&#x27;s frustrating how much MacOS is <i>missing</i>.<p>- Multiple desktops, but you can&#x27;t move windows between them with keyboard shortcuts.<p>- Animations: Baked-in, long, IO-blocking, and they can&#x27;t be disabled.<p>- Terminal: You need MacOS-specific terminal commands for various basic settings (such as adding a spacer to the dock). The default terminal is pretty bad, and you will want to download a third party one.<p>- Window management: Extremely basic and even worse than Windows. (No keyboard shortcuts, no tiling, etc.)<p><pre><code>    - Child windows (e.g. to open or save files) will *move the parent window* if (1) it&#x27;s wider or taller than the parent window and (2) the parent window is near an edge. This is very funny but only the first time.
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- Running applications downloaded from the internet is obtuse and time-consuming.<p>- Even the newer laptops with &quot;fixed keyboards&quot; have problems. (Every 2021 MBP I&#x27;ve tried has a bad capslock key. This is supposed to be by design.)<p>This is ignoring all the usual MacOS complaints. (XCode, no native Docker, bad coreutils, no volume sliders, no games, long system updates, can&#x27;t use the machine while it updates, telemetry, OS speed tied to speed of telemetry calls, features are obtuse&#x2F;obfuscated  and lack affordances for discovery, bricking from user-accessible settings, etc.)<p>The benefit that the newest Apple laptops had are its battery, but that was ruined with the latest major update to MacOS.<p>I really really regret buying a MacOS laptop. (I have a 14&quot; 2021 MBP.) I was naive, curious, and ignorant. A cautionary tale for anyone else who&#x27;s happy in Linux land!