What's so shitty? I've been using Linux for over 20 years, and Mac for work over 5. I have my terminal under f12 (iterm2/Konsole), I have my ide on one desktop, my calendar, my email and my slack on a another and a browser on another. I barely notice any difference. Honestly I don't mind it at all. In fact if my desktop died and had to replace it, I might get a Mac mini instead.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also use Mac for work and personal. But I spend most of my time in neovim and the browser, so tbh I don’t really care what I use. I just like that I can answer texts from my Mac via iMessage. I haven’t tried them, but I think there are some i3 style window managers for macOS. That’s the next thing I would explore if I wanted a more Linux like experience.

I started doing my Xcode builds in CI, so I guess I’m not really tied to Mac anymore. In its current state, I’m more attached to the hardware than the software.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Codemagic? I've made some pokes at using that for iOS builds with middling luck.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I’m using Fastlane, which I’m running via GitHub actions triggered by git tag.

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have been using Linux since the 10th grade. But for work I'm using a Mac. Because I'm not only engineering, but doing other things related to work, having a Mac is more productive and practical.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

but doing other things related to work, having a Mac is more productive and practical.

I used to do the same, but lately every office thing is browser based, and I find the Linux and Mac experiences are identical.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The web version of Office is so scuffed. I wouldn't wish trying to do any serious Excel work with the web version on my worst enemy.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

That's fair. I also wouldn't wish serious Excel work on my worst enemy. But I understand someone has to do it, or the nightmare realm could escape the cell borders.

[–] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

LibreOffice can do everything Excel can except for BI, so...

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I see very little difference, but I am still more used to pacman compared to brew. It's nice not having to care about hardware, although I haven't had problems with Linux for the last decade, at least (using desktops and old laptops, I'm sure the new fancy ARM ones are a handful).

[–] r1veRRR@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ignoring prices, Mac is definitely the second best option after Linux for Linux-y development flows. None of my issues were huge, but still enough to ask for a Linux laptop for a replacement.

Very little customization, compared to Linux. I'm talking horizontal tiling window managers like Niri
Docker does not run natively, so you pay a hefty performance penalty with the VM
File name case insensitivity caused a bunch of Git issues

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Fair enough. I do run my docker containers in a real Linux, either homelab or EC2.