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I'm a longtime (and happy) Linux user, but I have to admit that for many applications, UX remains much better on macOS.


I don't care about the UX of the specific applications, most of them work on Mac/Windows/Linux anyway. What I care about is the window manager and macOS has a terrible window manager. That is why I am using Aerospace on macOS, and it makes things better, but it's still far from what Linux has to offer.


I had a brief hiatus of not using macs for work and gave linux a spin on a framework laptop. Tried sway / wayland since everyone at work was either using sway or i3. It was alright at first and i got in the groove of things but became unusable with apps with odd ui toolkits like ghidra/java awt, etc. Also too much time is wasted in customisation and organising or curating your windows.

Switched back to mac after about a year, and i can't say i miss tiling window management one bit. I've learned that i am quite content with the chaotic style of window management that mac offers, and find it much easier to work with since you're not wasting brain cycles perfecting your layout every time a new window is opened. I do use macos out of box tiling / snapping on the rare occasion i need side by side layout but that's really it.


Just install Gnome and be done with it. You don't install Sway or Hyprland unless you specifically want to tinker with it a lot.


I'll have to agree on that, I'm quite unhappy with the macOS window manager.

On the other hand, I'm yet to find a Linux word processor or spreadsheet with a UX nearly as good as Apple's Pages or Numbers.




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