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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Advice for a Mac user switching to Linux? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I’m on board that we need to become independent from big tech. As someone who is fond of the Mac user experience, from choosing hardware to how you navigate through apps, I need a guide to make the switch, so if you know of any great guides for Mac users, I’d greatly appreciate it!

Edit: you have all been very useful. I now know a bit more how to start and what it would mean to switch!

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[–] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is really useful. I don’t use Apple Music, but the gestures and preview do sound like something to get used to. Why is there no third party preview? Seems like a pretty basic program to have.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

In terms of gestures, the one thing I do still struggle with is Linux not having a useful equivalent to BetterTouchTool. Whenever I set up a new macOS, that's pretty much the first thing I install. As a result, I'm so used to using a middle click for Expose that even after a year of mostly using Linux, I still find myself middle clicking several times a day and wondering why it's not showing me all the windows.

The closest I've found is Input Remapper, which can help you get your mouse buttons to perform a bunch of things. However, as far as I can tell, it will only allow you to save one at a time, which makes it mostly useless. So I'm forcing myself to get used to the Linux defaults instead.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not from mac land, so I don't know how much Preview does. I'll comment on how its done in PC land.

PDF's have been handled by web browsers for a while now. Firefox will open and offer basic editing capabilities. Comes pre-installed on most distros.
Images are handled by the DE's default image previewer which usually has rudimentary editing capabilities. Installed by default.

Switching to linux means switching to other applications. You aren't getting Preview and you aren't getting Safari. You get other software that does the same things.