Theme your GNOME experience like in the video - th-cam.com/video/1doqD4t7xVs/w-d-xo.html Will start posting here more often. More review videos coming soon! Don't forget to subscribe and leave a feedback what you think about this video. Sure I need to work on the audio levels - they aren't quite consistent. What else do you feel needs improvement?
1st time viewer and using Gnu-Linux with KDE Plasma, Budgie and LXqt Desktop environments, depending on the resources available. How about doing benchmark testing
The most crucial difference between Linux and Mac or windows is, if you don’t like something, you can change it. The customization is almost unlimited. Different with the other two.
@@uncoverplus No one really uses oob systems. I think we're more insteresteted what is harder to change or takes more time to setup properly. I don't really use DE I use hyprland on my work laptop and on my old personal that I rarely use I have i3.
@@uncoverplusgnome is now have consistency on design language due to some pushing on linux distro like elementary os, they finally found thier own way to define destop environment and I like it😊
macOS caters to voice control for people with disabilities, you can use the entire OS by only voice, and it can read any text to you. People who only use touch have trackpad gestures. Or you can use it only with keyboard shortcuts. Or you cajole use it with advanced devices for people who have limited mobility. macOS has all of this built in because they need to be prepared for any possible user, and they are one of the best for blind or disabled users. Whereas Linux lets you do whatever you want and be as minimal as you want. So people who use MacOS are generally using a fraction of the capabilities of the OS, and unfortunately the rest becomes bloat that they can’t uninstall. Linus has less accessibility built in, but you could add it. However obviously for a person with limitations having to learn how to add it, when you have trouble seeing or hearing or moving would be nearly impossible for some people. So Linux gives more flexibility, and a leaner system, but its also more limited out of the box for a huge number of people.
@@uncoverplus its quite appropriate term....GNOME has nicest UI and UX design much better workflow than windows and mac on other hand it still lacks good fractional scaling which is a deal breaker for using GNOME as daily driver. Fractional Scaling is a must have if you want to use hidpi screens
This was more of a comparison Between Gnome DE and macOS But I understand it's hard to define, you could theoretically say that Wayland Pipewire systemd and GNU Utils are what makes a Linux Desktop. It's still a good video!
A flash drive that you intend to use with multiple different operating systems should ideally be formatted in ExFAT, not FAT32. You can do that from MacOS, Linux, or Windows.
For the cut and paste: Copy the files as usual and right click to paste. Press the option key on your keyboard and the right click menu's 'paste' option will change to 'move'. This actually is an equally good implementation but in my eyes, is a better implementation as it discourages the use of cut and paste (while also removing two buttons/options in the right click menu). This is a good thing because if you're cutting and pasting files, and the transfer doesn't complete successfully for what-ever-reason, you could end up with corrupted files on both sides. So better practice is copy and paste the file. If successful, confirm the pasted file's integrity(open it to see if everything looks good) and then delete the previous files. This way you don't risk the chance of losing your data if something goes wrong (which happens often when transferring large files specially with external usb devices involved). But, if you still want to cut and paste because the file isn't so important and you're in the flow of moving something to a usb to test something for example, sure, right click as usual and just press the option key to replace the paste option with move.
Wtf dude! How does the rest of the world use cut paste? Did you ever hear someone corrupted a file trying to cut-paste? Cut-paste is nothing but copy-paste-delete. The OS should be able to do that. It knows whether a copy was successful or not. Dragging and dropping is way more stupid because you have to open two windows or tabs, then open the desired directories, then drag, wtf? Sure it works when you have both open. But it's not always convenient. You know what's convenient? Having both drag-n-drop and cut-paste, which Windows and Linux have. When you actually need to move something, you should not need to perform an extra step, whether it's going back to delete the source files after copy, or pressing the modifier key to bring the menu option. That menu already contains some stupid options, keeping the move by default wouldn't hurt. Some stupid will argue that cut behavior needs to be consistent with how cutting text works. Well, that's BS. Text sizes are insignificant, while files can be 100s GB. And cutting files does not create any possibility of corrupting files, because it will just copy first, verify the destination, then delete the source. That's how drag and drop works. Do you fear, OH MY FILES WILL BE CORRUPTED IF THIS DROP IS UNSUCCESSFUL! (Drag and drop failure can occur when the file size is too large, but that should not corrupt your files, just like cut paste. It's a binary operation, either failed or successful, no in between). (I wrote this essay in response to your essay)
@@mhosain if you copy a folder with thousands of tiny program files, it can get tricky finding out what got copied over from each folder and what didn't. The program overall won't be able to execute due to the missing files. I have had files corrupt even when this wasn't the case. With a simple cut and paste, next thing you know, the transfer box goes missing and the files are neither here nor there. They won't open on either side. I have experienced this multiple times personally. Unfortunately, that's not how the cut and paste function has functioned in real life for me. For whatever reason, I can testify that I have had this issue over a period of many years every now and then. I will say that it was always the case when dealing with usb 2.0 drives. But yeah. Theory is one thing. Reality is another.
@@ZeerakImran I have never lost files on linux in 24 years but I have lost files in MacOS in 4 years. MacOS handles the situation very poorly if the transfer gets interrupted and you need to restart.
My problem with MacOS and Windows is that you NEED to learn to adapt to the devices you're running them on, as opposed to Linux, which feels thoughtfully put together, and if you don't like something on Gnome, you can just make tweaks better suited for yourself.
Or even just use a different desktop environment. While technically you can also do so on Windows and macOS, it isn't nearly as practical or supported as it is on Linux. I've jumped from Unity, GNOME, KDE, i3, XMonad, Hyprland, Labwc, LXDE and more just because. The amount of freedom Linux gives is unmatched, I'll never be able to own a Windows or macOS machine ever again.
The trackpad gestures in macOS is what eventually got me to stop using mice all together. I now prefer the trackpad, and even have one for desktop use. I have yet to use any non-Apple trackpad that even comes close to the quality and usability, so I can understand why people prefer not to use trackpads when they aren't a Mac user.
I use both mouse and trackpad, even more than 10 years in apple trackpad a good hi quality gaming mouse still more precisely and more productive if it's the jobs that focus on cursor movement. For my job most of the time I'm stay on keyboard so hand movement to trackpad are shorter than mouse and can be switched back to keyboard immediately so most of the time good trackpad is good enough with lower overhead on switching😊
@@uncoverpluswith many desktop in Mac os. I using the logitech mouse have logi option or G-hub if using G-series. That is the easy assign genius touch previous-next desktop on the mac.
honestly i'll never go mac because of a few things: 1. price 2. programs (there is that wine type thing for mac but linux just has a bigger gaming community) 3. customization
As a mobile developer, I must say mac >> windows, Mac ,windows, linux are just tools in the end . The amount of time mac saves me from the build time is not something you get from windows laptop
1. You can open file/folder with Command+bottom arrow. 2. When you copy the file in MacOS you can paste with Option+Command+V, this does what Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V does.
The discovery of Option+Cmd+V is pretty low. I suffered from this “limitation”, and many people I talked to didn't know. Not so long ago, one of macOS users was kind enough to enlighten me, use Option+Cmd+V to move the files.
I switched from Windows to Linux Mint to Ubuntu and to Fedora. Now, I don't need anything, except a Lenovo Thinpad P variant with Fedora 40. WOW, can't wait.
Brother you presentation was so clean and crisp ofc like mrwtb... #one more suggestion , in animation keep showing the points or star, so audience can follow the completion..rather u describing the point everytime 👋🙂
Lovely video! May I kindly ask you what is the "theme" of your icons on your Linux installation? I am learning to use PopOS! and Fedora. Also, how do you get cloud storage in Linux? I use OneDrive on my Windows and Mac devices but can't find a version for Linux, so have you managed to make OneDrive to talk to Linux somehow? Thank you!!
Hi there, I used OneDriver for a long time (google jstaf onedriver), its the best onedrive solution I have found for Linux. However, the VERY BEST solution is to stop using OneDrive and move all your stash to Dropbox instead. I did that and Im very happy I did.
I'm a little late here, but there are a handful of tutorials to mount OneDrive as a network drive, which can be googled. It's not very fast, though, there is a bit of waiting when browsing folders and doing actions to files. It's not as good as a native client. I found that moving many small files was EXTREMELY slow using this method, sadly. If you can afford too use a different cloud provider, though, Mega has a native linux client that works well and works just like the Mac and Windows versions. I wound up switching after getting fed up with the 1D performance.
Yeah OneDrive are not supported officially. Neither does Google Drive. I tried using many unofficial method and found no satisfication with it, usually works really slow. If you can afford to change service, I would recommend two alternative: - Dropbox: Native Linux client since beginning, fast and support LAN sync if you have multiple devices. Pricing is weird, they only offer premium pricing, nothing under 2TB plan available unlike Google Drive and Onedrive. Free version will only gives you 2GB and maximum 3 simultaneous devices. - Mega: Now this is another recommendation after so many years struggle finding the one that suit my need. They provide 20 GB free storage (with limited download quota per 6 hours) and their lowest pro plan (pro lite) is only 5 EUR for 400GB. I works with source codes, even with Git and stuff I still need to find way to make synchronizing my work with PC and Laptop as seamless as possible and MEGA support SYNC IGNORE dictated by text file akind of .gitignore. Thank good I can finally exclude node_modules from syncing to the cloud.
I'm a full time Fedora user but at my university we only have windows and Macs. MacOS is a perfectly usable system, that doesn't get in my way, I prefer it to whatever windows is nowadays. Linux is definitely my favorite. I run GNOME with Forge and a couple extra extensions (like full screen toggle, removable drives menu, quick audio panel, and GSConnect) For "Airdrop" I use Warp which is amazing replacement and I host files in the Public folder as well as my NAS. And I have theming for Firefox, vesktop and many others to look exactly like the rest of GNOME Apps (Adwaita) The efficiency, simplicity and the stylishness of GNOME make it my favorite environment to get work done
For file transfer between Android and Mac you can use same old KDE connect that we had in GNOME (GS Connect), isn't as perfect as linux breaks a lot but when it works its still the best option we have Btw we're on same boat XD Macbook air m1 GNOME Flutter
Nice suggestion. Although I don't copy much stuff to or from my phone to my desktops. Haha noice and wow you're into flutter too. Do leave a sub if you find this video cool!
@@uncoverplusAlso a solution to that minimise issue you can use cmd + h (Hide window) then window will show up while using cmd + tab. Plus, Karabiner elements is very good tool to customise the keybindings.
You can cut and paste on mac actually but it isn't as intuitive as on other OS, let me explain... -> For copying a file you would do the intuitive: cmd+c and then cmd+v in the appropriate location. -> For moving a file you would do: cmd+c and then cmd+opt+v this will move the file in the appropriate location. And if you are in habit of using the terminal and ofcourse you have you handy dandy cp and mv commands same as Linux :)
I think there are some aspects that should go into this comparison, which are not as immediately visible but actually at least as important. One is that you don't get macOS without buying Apple hardware or entering a legal grey zone (and subscribe to all kinds of annoyances). But once you have Apple hardware, you will basically have a big phone. After a couple of years, it will no longer receive updates. And there are many things you can't do, like exchange RAM or an SSD.The most frequently replaced part is not the battery, it's the "logic board". This usually means you throw away the computer. You basically rent a device for the price of buying it. It's never "your" device. Another huge difference is on the software side. On Linux, you will not be able to get commercial software, at least the choice is limited. That's a disadvantage, maybe even a huge one. But on the other hand, there is usually a free alternative for most of the missing software. For me, the change from mac to Linux means a couple of hundred dollars in yearly software purchase got freed and I personally have no issues with the free alternatives at all. It's typically much harder to set things up on Linux. But at the same time, being obliged and able to setup things yourself often makes many things possible that just won't work on mac. There are very few if any things you can't do on Linux that you can on mac but a lot of them vice versa. One of the few things is to develop native software for Apple products. It was the reason why I used Apple products for a while. I don't miss macOS now that the requirement is no longer there. On macOS, when things do not "just work" they won't work at all and the reason usually is that Apple pulled a plug and you need to buy new hardware, even if what you want to do does not require that new hardware at all. You're just being baited into donating to Apple cause. That happened over and over again during the 10+ years I was using macOS. The main difference between Linux on one and Apple and Microsoft on the other side is that the latter are controlled by corporate business while the former is not controlled at all. This did not matter so much in the past, but it looks like this is becoming more and more important. In the past, the strategy to compete with your peer and the strategy to milk your customers were alternatives that were in a balance. It's getting more cost effective for the likes of Apple to focus on optimizing their customers instead of optimizing their products. The conflict with the EU shows that all to obviously.
macOS has by far some of the best professional software out in many fields, other it lacks completely or has spotty compatibility. But for Ai applications it has a built in Neural Engine, which means you can do very advanced image generation and ai chat without any graphics cards or incompatibilities with Nvidia. You can run some of the best graphic design software like Affinity, or desktop publishing, video editing, and some light 3d modeling. It has Logic, and amazing compatibility with audio software and hardware for a music studio, and compatibility with advanced networking hardware for video editing. Linux has freedom, but it doesn’t have Scrivener for writing, or Adobe or Final Cut or Logic. macOS comes with a complete suite of industry leading software for “free”. The gaming situation on Linux is generally better than ever with the Steamdeck, and you can use most hardware to run Linux, so its very customizable as you say. But overall the “apple tax” is worth it to anyone who uses that professional software to make money. For basics, or specific software Linux is just fine. For programmers or very tech savvy people its very good. But MacOS overall just brings more to the table. You can run anything open source you can find on Linux on a Mac with zero issues, but the same can’t be said the other way around.
@@ghost-user559 You make good points there. However, when you say "macOS comes with [..] software for free", the Apple tax comes rolling in. I have 6 macs here, only one of which still receives updates. Each one is maxed out, because that's what you have to do with a mac. That's $15K of hardware. Of the 6, one runs macOS, 4 Linux and one I don't use because it draws more power than the rest together. For writing, I use org mode. I could run Emacs on a mac, but when I worked on macs I didn't. It's probably a mind set thing, Emacs doesn't look and feel maccedy and when you're on the Apple road, it's an alien thing to use. Since I started with org mode, I wouldn't want to use anything else ever again for that purpose. I don't know how much money I spend on software for macs. Certainly more than 5K, probably less than 10K. I don't miss any of that, now that the mac that still has macOS is not actually running but waiting for the next iOS project in storage. It certainly depends on what you are actually doing if macOS or Linux is the better choice for you. Independent of all that, I'm really happy not to have to listen to "even better than ever before" anymore while looking at an Apple pencil sticking out the bottom of an iPad or seeing "Operation failed" while I expected it to just work and there is nothing I can do either way. I'm using Linux since before it was delivered on floppy disks and BSD when it made a difference whether the 386 was put before or after the BSD. For me, macOS is a BSD with a lot of paywalls around it. That may be responsible for my view on Apple's business practices.
The thing with Linux that blows my mind is, if you have a mild idea of what you are doing (which doesn't take more than a month to acquire), you can absolutely wreck havoc on your OS, but then, by some unspoken magic, also realize that you have the power to unscrew it. For instance, if I wanted to a system variable in Linux, I could do so easily via vim ~/.bashrc and be done with it, but I also know that if I make any changes and save these changes (source this file) I could always revert it to original or do a echo-spree to add basic commands to add the tools required to re-edit the file and restore things without loosing my changes (which would be the case if you restored this). In windows, I would have to take a backup of the registry and pray to god that I don't encounter any errors. In my mind, Linux is the ideal OS and Windows Subsystem for Linux the ideal compromise if working in windows is a requirement.
You can move files somewhere else. You need to press cmd + c to copy them and then you need to press option + cmd + v to move them into the destination directory.
I think Gnome is a good choice for a lot of people out of the box, all the people I have worked with who were using gnome said that it was natural and intuitive, unlinke MacOs which gave me wrist pain in the first week of usage since mouse usage is really high in macos for some reason.
“How is there this big of a gap…” There isn’t. Linux copied that feature from MacOS. I remember using it back in 2011 with OSX Lion. There is a single key keyboard shortcut that allows you to do that… it’s one of the function keys. Mac did it first. One thing to remember is that Linux is open source and depending on which Linux you have affects which packages are installed initially when you set up the OS. Additionally even that can be customized. macOS comes initially installed and set up a certain way. Almost everything you mentioned about Linux can also be done in MacOS. I utilize both Linux, windows and MacOS as part of my job for over 20 years. Single most difficult thing to do on my Mac is game. It’s not because the hardware and software cannot support it, it’s because of the rules and licensing cost that Apple places on potential game developers to maintain security of its OS.
You mean the costs for licensing it for the App Store? I think macOS is the smoothest operating system of the big 3. However I see signs of macOS becoming more locked down like IOS. I hate that as a power user. If they one day will not let you use software from outside of the App Store I will no longer use it.
This is the best comparaison i've seen so far. You really went deep and and provided useful insight. Thank you. Do you have a video comparaison on web browser?
The great strength of MacOS and the whole Apple environment is the integration between Mac, iPad, iPhone, iSwatch as well as the great innovation. I just installed Linux mint 21.3 on an old MacBook Air mid 2013 and it’s simply fabulous, but both the quality of the software and the integration don’t entice users to come closer. Another big problem is the enormity of distros that confuse and discourage those who decide to choose Linux and are not an advanced user, system engineer or programmer.
I used Linux for almost 2 years, i have learnt many things from youtube and websites. It is one of the easiest and fastest OS one could use, better than windows. But i have encountered 2 major issues 1) battery drain 2) somehow i was not able to connect my laptop to public wifi where one need to log in through internet vouchers
About file managers, I don't like a lot of things about kde, but dolphin is great. Really love splitting the window and it's many useful resources, one complaint is I find the UI a but cluttered.
Windows user converted to Mac user here. MacOS's default window management kind of sucks. It works pretty well for a small laptop screen, but if you use a dock to plug into bigger screens its really frustrating. I use something called RectangleApp or just Reactangle to solve it. Its been extremely helpful to make MacOS's window management usable on big screens. Also side note, I'm glad he pointed out the inconsistent maximizing behavior. As someone who stands by MacOS, that feature is just undefendable... what reason could you ever have to make an application that can scale hortionztally only scale vertically. If you really want to have a max text width for readability sake... put margins in the app or something... don't make it so windows can inconsistently maximize across your OS.
If you own an iPad and iPhone than Mac wins If you use Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro or even MS Office, than Mac wins If you really want to use the Mx chips with their speed and low power consumption, than Mac wins If you don't have application dependencies or device interactions, than Linux is a better OS
@8:33 you should try the ExFat format. It is much better for USB flash drives than NTFS. You would be able to read and write to it from both Mac OS and Windows.
For daily use both macos and gnome on fedora, I'm not agree with you for comparing orange with apple but yes, I still get your point. For gnome it is good for speeder style everything is fast and very productive, but on macos you have to slowdown things and more thinking and more feeling. It give me more imagination more creativity on apple environment. Feeling is not someting we can get it right away. As a more than 12 years mac user the feeling and philosophy in design language on macos is very strong and consistency, I really like it. And for 6 years in linux I really like how productive how flexibility how customizability on my workflows on linux. Then I love both, but if I have to choose one, It will always be macos😊
to cut and paste in MacOS, copy just like you do normally - cmd + c, but during pasting whether you are pasting using the mouse/trackpad right click or cmd+v use the option key as well...that does the move operation or cut and paste operation in MacOS.
I have used Windows, Linux, and macOS extensively for my daily driver and work. I use macOS for my daily driver as a developer and the hardware is nice but macOS really sucks and is a complete nightmare the way it manages application windows. In my opinion, Windows 11 is the best operating system but Linux isn't terrible but still doesn't have proprietary software like Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite products and can be a nightmare drivers to work with Nvidia and other hardware. It doesn't matter who's fault it is, it's just a reality.
in macos hold alt to unhide minimized apps, also you can use Cmd+H to hide apps instead which doesn't lead to this issue cut and paste on mac: Ctrl+C --- Cmd+Alt+V to open a folder or file on macos: Cmd+Down (Cmd+Up to go up one directory level) NTFS is a bad format for usb flash drives. FAT32 for 32GB and exFAT for anything higher - supported read/write by all operating systems. personally i'm moving off of big tech and seeking non-intruding privacy-respecting alternatives and linux is the obvious choice. good luck.
You don't have to pay for linux as it can be installed in any pc whereas you have to pay for mac os as it is a apple based product and work only in macbook
edit - on the file manager i will hard disagree Nautilus is quite possibly the worst file manager i have ever used in linux world. Thunar and Dolphin(the kde one) is far far superior in every way shape and form. me a window manager(hyprland) user be like - peasants stuck on their desktop environment. the terminal is my environment. (but for better or for worse) its either you fix your issue in 2 minutes or you nuke your entire desktop nothing in between
Well, almost everything you showed in this video on Mac OS, can be done in Linux, it would just take some tinkering to get done.. For example the seamless mouse from monitor to monitor will work with barrier (X11 only at this time, need to be updated to work with wayland) on Linux on Local shared network between the devices.. And I prefer FreeOffice, as it turns out it's the most compatible with Microsoft Office for Word, Excel, PowerPoint.. But if you use Publisher then you can use the latest scribus and it will give you the option to load Publisher documents directly.. And I prefer the LXQT Desktop on Linux anything else just isn't working for me, I need lightweight Environment, which Apple won't provide..
7:11 not sure exactly which delays you’re talking about, but there’s a good chance that, yes, you’re seeing a deliberate delay built into macOS. They’re all over macOS (and iOS) as human affordances. Apple adds visual cues and transitions so that the user doesn’t miss the computer’s response to their actions. But also, sometimes Finder lags, especially when dealing with spinning rust drives or networked storage. So I don’t know from your descriptions and screenshots which you’re referring to. The lags and slowness I’ve occasionally experienced on macOS are nothing like those I routinely encounter with MSWindows’ File Explorer. So IME if Finder is doing worse than File Explorer, something’s wrong. But worse than something like Dolphin? That’s probably just the combination of intentional user affordances, Finder doing a bunch of stuff in the background, and the occasional actual lag.
LibreOffice is a very competent alternative to MS-Office. Yes, you can nit-pick minor differences all day long, but I’ve used LibreOffice since its OpenOffice days, and find it more than adequte (Ok, I intensely dislike MS, but hey, who’s counting 😂…and Full-Disclosure - I donate yearly to the LibreOffice Foundation, among a few other FOSS)
When I have more time, I plan to transform a retro gaming Optiplex I have into a triple booted system, with Windows 7, Linux, and MacOS. Then I'll have the ultimate $100 PC!
I love linux for my daily office use. I am using Ubuntu as my daily office companion since 6 years. Its awesome and being more and more stable now a days. However there are still glitches, hang up issues, Display driver problem etc. The main thing which annoys me most that the absence of official MS Teams app. I use PWA for that though it has issues with notifications.
Are you Indian? You feel Indian but i can't really tell because your accent is really good. If you are indian take this as a compliment and if you are not just ignore this.
MacOS does things in it's own way. Probably that's why some people find it very unproductive. I daily drive a linux machine and I would never buy a MacBook if we have something equivalent to the new Apple Silicone SoC. This is a deal breaker for me.
@@uncoverplus what do you think about the new Intel Ultra chipsets? And even there's a Qualcomm X Elite coming around this April, what do you think about that?
@@uncoverplus i would say Intel is going in the right direction but finally they have just managed to catch-up with Apple. Yet to see how the X Elite does compared to M2 and M3.
I love my Linux experience which is just Debian with openbox and tint2. It is very fast and snappy even on my 2011 MacBook Air, whereas MacOS feels so slow on it, but it is so pretty in comparison
I’m an enthusiast of Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. They all have their pros and cons but your comparison, with all due respect is biased. Of course, people will find it wierd to work on an OS they not used to in comparison to what they’re currently proficient in.
If the Linux system is made easier to use, it is not impossible that Linux will become an operating system that will be widely used, such as Windows and MacOS, but in the end Linux will always be an alternative operating system and that is only for certain users and not the majority. ordinary user. I really hope that one day the system on Linux will be more developed, especially in terms of how to use it, such as the easy process of installing applications on MacOS or support for being able to run AAA games like those on Windows.
You can cut and paste a file from one place to another... it's just not obvious. You select the file, right-click and select 'copy', when you choose to place it somewhere else, right-click where you want it to be, and when you see the option to paste press the 'option key'. The paste will change to 'move item here'.
There are things that you can do on a Mac, but you just don’t know how to do, and therefore you seem to have assumed that they can’t be done on a Mac. For example, you can browse between the different open windows of an application using cmd+’. Or, you can move copied files to other locations by pressing alt/opt key while pasting. Not to mention, a lot of people seem to think that if a feature doesn’t work in the exact same way as it works in a system they are already familiar with, then it’s not implemented correctly, or that it’s inconvenient. That’s just a bias towards familiarity and not an objective evaluation of the relative benefits. Two different systems obviously will do things differently, and the system you are family with will seem more convenient to you because you already know how to use it. Coming from the other round, some of the points you “give” to Mac are more about the ecosystem rather than the Mac in and of itself. In other words, it’s not an apple to apples comparison (pun slightly intended 😉)
Its more like macOS vs Gnome, theres way more to Linux than gnome. Nevertheless I liked the video. Its a fair comparison of both desktop environments. I personally prefer gnome over everything because of the workflow. Its extremely unique and it feels right at home. I love how clean the desktop looks without desktop icons or a dock. And the workspace-centric design makes it by far the best implementation of workspaces on any operating system. I also think that adwaita is the best default theme on the market right now. Its extremely readable, user friendly and looks beautiful.
Mac is a joy to use, but Linux represents a freedom of expression simply not found in proprietary operating systems. That alone makes Linux the superior OS regardless of any minor differences between them, which frankly are so minor now that it comes down to a matter of taste rather than fundamental functionality.
The clear winner is MacOS since it's a supreme/premier Desktop experience tailored for Apple hardware, newest AI additions make MacOS a superior OS in so many ways, but mainly it's outstanding stability and performance is the perfect choice for serious professionals in so many different industry areas, even on the cyber security world!
Mac have been compromising their products and software to push us users to their subscriptions. I’m slowly getting fed up with them and am looking to break the cycle
Keeep going... other than the soft hazy texture of the video... you did a nice job making the video and you did your homework on the topic... That was OG...
Just one alert about NTFS: Linux write and read NTFS, but using reversal enginering. If you do something wrong, you have high chance of corrupting or getting errors in your NTFS disk (needing to boot a Windows and do the repair in the best of cases). Why this happens? NTFS is a proprietary Windows format, so just with reversal engering that's Linux community find a way to make it works. For removeable drives that's use big files (and crossplatform with Windows), I recommend use ex-fat. If you want small files, fat32. For INTERNAL drives for crossplatform with Windows (and it's just for data, not for installing operational system), I recommend NTFS.
Just found your channel and subbed. I am beyond a novice to Linux and want to get into it, but am overwhelmed by all the distros. Which do you recommend I go with? I want to possibly put it on a partition on my Mac. Thanks in advance, friend. Edit: Seems no distro's are available for Silicon just yet... besides Asahi but it's still a work in progress. Others have mentioned running linux in a VM though 🤷. But I don't see the point of doing that, is it to learn to use Linux?
Hey thank you so much for the sub. This isn't a Linux focused channel. Please visit Arc Technologies for Linux focused videos. I would recommend Fedora since I find it really stable and uses most of the latest releases. Happy learning!
You can try any Linux distribution before installing it. In a VM you can install several distro's to try them out, but not all work in a VM. Or check out distrosea. But you have to login or no internet connection. It doesn't have the latest distro's though. For a beginner I would recommend Linux MInt.
If you want to switch between multiple instances of the same app instead of trying to use cmd + tab, you can just use cmd + ` (just above the tab button), it will swtich between the multiple instances of the same app. Secondly, if you want to cut something, just copy it and while pasting it instead of using cmd + v, press Cmd + Option + V, it will cut it.
Double clicking the window top bar on Mac is an app-specific feature. Default is to `fit space`, some devs do whatever they want though. There's a Gnome Extension btw for hiding the top bar.
Dolphin is the best file manager in the entire Linux universe. (I too use Nautilus but I can't deny Dolphin have way more useful features with make it the best)
i googled: why windows is the best operating system? its compatibility with a wide range of software, games, and hardware to its user-friendly interface and strong security features
been a lifelong windows user till recently. tried out a few distros. arch, fedora, nix, etc. rocking nobara atm for the convenience, topping up with hyprland, its is a beauty. looks prettier than windows
hyprland miam miam, one reason I did the same as u is the lack of tiling on windows, I tried bug.n and it was buggy but, on hyprland everything felt smooth, no crash and everything was faster to do
macOS is like a polished version of linux. I can do everything a Linux computer can, but I have way more apps available and less crap to modify to make things work trough the command line.
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Theme your GNOME experience like in the video -
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Sure I need to work on the audio levels - they aren't quite consistent. What else do you feel needs improvement?
1st time viewer and using Gnu-Linux with KDE Plasma, Budgie and LXqt Desktop environments, depending on the resources available.
How about doing benchmark testing
what linux disto are you using , and please also make the video how you customize your linux this beautifully
@@vaibhavtiwari6030 I linked it already in the pinned comment. The distro is mentioned in the thumbnail. 🥲
@@geraldcragg9313 Maybe on my Linux focused channel - Arc Technologies?
where can I download the application that you have for changing the theme and other aspects from linux presented at 12:11 ?
The most crucial difference between Linux and Mac or windows is, if you don’t like something, you can change it. The customization is almost unlimited. Different with the other two.
if you don't like it, you don't buy it in the first place lol
@@mzr9710Linux is free and open source lol
@@mzr9710is it your defence 😂?
@mzr9710
How you gunna know whether you're going to like it or not if you never use it?
Yes,many distro gnu/linux. I love gnu/linux.
There actually is a FULL screen mode on gnome, you just need to set a shortcut in settings
Yeah I just compared the OOB experiences. Sure we can do a lot of stuff as an extra in both the OS.
Tell me about this shortcut
Just go to settings and configure it yourself@@amitskr
@@amitskr press F11 or better go to settings > keyboard and set super + F11 for full-screen mode
@@uncoverplus No one really uses oob systems. I think we're more insteresteted what is harder to change or takes more time to setup properly. I don't really use DE I use hyprland on my work laptop and on my old personal that I rarely use I have i3.
Linux is a glorious mess and I love it. Many times in comparison MacOS feels cumbersome, but it is very much not a complete mess in the same sense.
"Glorius mess" nice term haha. I don't feel GNOME is any big of a mess now though in terms of design.
@@uncoverplusgnome is now have consistency on design language due to some pushing on linux distro like elementary os, they finally found thier own way to define destop environment and I like it😊
I like vanilla gnome it was pretty good, i used it 2 years ago with fedora. Still it was good i dont know how good it is now
macOS caters to voice control for people with disabilities, you can use the entire OS by only voice, and it can read any text to you. People who only use touch have trackpad gestures. Or you can use it only with keyboard shortcuts. Or you cajole use it with advanced devices for people who have limited mobility. macOS has all of this built in because they need to be prepared for any possible user, and they are one of the best for blind or disabled users. Whereas Linux lets you do whatever you want and be as minimal as you want. So people who use MacOS are generally using a fraction of the capabilities of the OS, and unfortunately the rest becomes bloat that they can’t uninstall. Linus has less accessibility built in, but you could add it. However obviously for a person with limitations having to learn how to add it, when you have trouble seeing or hearing or moving would be nearly impossible for some people. So Linux gives more flexibility, and a leaner system, but its also more limited out of the box for a huge number of people.
@@uncoverplus its quite appropriate term....GNOME has nicest UI and UX design much better workflow than windows and mac on other hand it still lacks good fractional scaling which is a deal breaker for using GNOME as daily driver. Fractional Scaling is a must have if you want to use hidpi screens
I have used Windows ,Mac and Linux and to be honest I must prefer Linux over the other two,however I would use Mac over Windows any day.
Sure 🔥
This was more of a comparison Between Gnome DE and macOS
But I understand it's hard to define, you could theoretically say that Wayland Pipewire systemd and GNU Utils are what makes a Linux Desktop.
It's still a good video!
Thank you so much! Hope to improve my video quality in the future. Any feedback helps.
@@uncoverplus next time please compare xfce de and cutefish de
I have hyprland living in UTM on a Mac M3, but I haven’t been able to configure pipewire 😢
Yeah
People love linux but they use Mac
Who? You maybe
well macbooks got really good battery life but garbage at efficiency (like lack window tiling and lot of quality of life features)
@@narpwa simple rectangles gives you window tiling. Most Linux devs can appreciate a Mac. But no unix enthusiast likes windows
Nobody uses mac
@@atetraxxdoesn't matter as windows actually as the software library including games to actually be useful
A flash drive that you intend to use with multiple different operating systems should ideally be formatted in ExFAT, not FAT32. You can do that from MacOS, Linux, or Windows.
Thanks for the tip. I now use ExFAT!
4:58, the default directory is customisable
5:21 You navigate in and out from files using cmd up-arrow/down-arrow
For the cut and paste: Copy the files as usual and right click to paste. Press the option key on your keyboard and the right click menu's 'paste' option will change to 'move'. This actually is an equally good implementation but in my eyes, is a better implementation as it discourages the use of cut and paste (while also removing two buttons/options in the right click menu). This is a good thing because if you're cutting and pasting files, and the transfer doesn't complete successfully for what-ever-reason, you could end up with corrupted files on both sides. So better practice is copy and paste the file. If successful, confirm the pasted file's integrity(open it to see if everything looks good) and then delete the previous files. This way you don't risk the chance of losing your data if something goes wrong (which happens often when transferring large files specially with external usb devices involved). But, if you still want to cut and paste because the file isn't so important and you're in the flow of moving something to a usb to test something for example, sure, right click as usual and just press the option key to replace the paste option with move.
Wtf dude! How does the rest of the world use cut paste? Did you ever hear someone corrupted a file trying to cut-paste? Cut-paste is nothing but copy-paste-delete. The OS should be able to do that. It knows whether a copy was successful or not. Dragging and dropping is way more stupid because you have to open two windows or tabs, then open the desired directories, then drag, wtf? Sure it works when you have both open. But it's not always convenient. You know what's convenient? Having both drag-n-drop and cut-paste, which Windows and Linux have.
When you actually need to move something, you should not need to perform an extra step, whether it's going back to delete the source files after copy, or pressing the modifier key to bring the menu option. That menu already contains some stupid options, keeping the move by default wouldn't hurt.
Some stupid will argue that cut behavior needs to be consistent with how cutting text works. Well, that's BS. Text sizes are insignificant, while files can be 100s GB. And cutting files does not create any possibility of corrupting files, because it will just copy first, verify the destination, then delete the source. That's how drag and drop works. Do you fear, OH MY FILES WILL BE CORRUPTED IF THIS DROP IS UNSUCCESSFUL! (Drag and drop failure can occur when the file size is too large, but that should not corrupt your files, just like cut paste. It's a binary operation, either failed or successful, no in between).
(I wrote this essay in response to your essay)
Both deserve 16 marks
16/16
@@mhosain if you copy a folder with thousands of tiny program files, it can get tricky finding out what got copied over from each folder and what didn't. The program overall won't be able to execute due to the missing files. I have had files corrupt even when this wasn't the case. With a simple cut and paste, next thing you know, the transfer box goes missing and the files are neither here nor there. They won't open on either side. I have experienced this multiple times personally. Unfortunately, that's not how the cut and paste function has functioned in real life for me. For whatever reason, I can testify that I have had this issue over a period of many years every now and then. I will say that it was always the case when dealing with usb 2.0 drives. But yeah. Theory is one thing. Reality is another.
@@uncoverplus cmd + c -> cmd + option + v is the shortcut for copy -> paste -> delete :D tell your friend, its a lifechanger :D
@@ZeerakImran I have never lost files on linux in 24 years but I have lost files in MacOS in 4 years. MacOS handles the situation very poorly if the transfer gets interrupted and you need to restart.
My problem with MacOS and Windows is that you NEED to learn to adapt to the devices you're running them on, as opposed to Linux, which feels thoughtfully put together, and if you don't like something on Gnome, you can just make tweaks better suited for yourself.
"Learn to adapt"
Aptly said!
Or even just use a different desktop environment. While technically you can also do so on Windows and macOS, it isn't nearly as practical or supported as it is on Linux.
I've jumped from Unity, GNOME, KDE, i3, XMonad, Hyprland, Labwc, LXDE and more just because. The amount of freedom Linux gives is unmatched, I'll never be able to own a Windows or macOS machine ever again.
The trackpad gestures in macOS is what eventually got me to stop using mice all together. I now prefer the trackpad, and even have one for desktop use. I have yet to use any non-Apple trackpad that even comes close to the quality and usability, so I can understand why people prefer not to use trackpads when they aren't a Mac user.
The trackpad is great but as I've mentioned I have two other desktops where I use the mouse so it becomes a problem.
I use both mouse and trackpad, even more than 10 years in apple trackpad a good hi quality gaming mouse still more precisely and more productive if it's the jobs that focus on cursor movement. For my job most of the time I'm stay on keyboard so hand movement to trackpad are shorter than mouse and can be switched back to keyboard immediately so most of the time good trackpad is good enough with lower overhead on switching😊
@@uncoverpluswith many desktop in Mac os. I using the logitech mouse have logi option or G-hub if using G-series. That is the easy assign genius touch previous-next desktop on the mac.
mx master 3 is a great mouse that allows you to use gestures ;) (Mac user who loves the track pad)
Just use a software for those other track pads on other oses
honestly i'll never go mac because of a few things:
1. price
2. programs (there is that wine type thing for mac but linux just has a bigger gaming community)
3. customization
apple is for loosers 😎
@@six-bobcatsif you’re dumb and you use linux, you’re still dumb.
@tminhdn bro 💀
As a mobile developer, I must say mac >> windows,
Mac ,windows, linux are just tools in the end .
The amount of time mac saves me from the build time is not something you get from windows laptop
Hi, what icon pack and theme are you using? 4:06
To cut and paste on mac, copy the folder, then in the new folder you want to paste to, press option key and right click then choose "Move item here"
which icon pack do you use for your linux distro?
Dude your videos are so high quality how do you only have 2k subs
1. You can open file/folder with Command+bottom arrow.
2. When you copy the file in MacOS you can paste with Option+Command+V, this does what Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V does.
The discovery of Option+Cmd+V is pretty low. I suffered from this “limitation”, and many people I talked to didn't know. Not so long ago, one of macOS users was kind enough to enlighten me, use Option+Cmd+V to move the files.
You don’t need to hit the option key. Just command c / v
I switched from Windows to Linux Mint to Ubuntu and to Fedora.
Now, I don't need anything, except a Lenovo Thinpad P variant with Fedora 40. WOW, can't wait.
Brother you presentation was so clean and crisp ofc like mrwtb... #one more suggestion , in animation keep showing the points or star, so audience can follow the completion..rather u describing the point everytime 👋🙂
Lovely video! May I kindly ask you what is the "theme" of your icons on your Linux installation? I am learning to use PopOS! and Fedora. Also, how do you get cloud storage in Linux? I use OneDrive on my Windows and Mac devices but can't find a version for Linux, so have you managed to make OneDrive to talk to Linux somehow? Thank you!!
Sure check the pinned comment for the Customization video. I have put it there since many of y'all are asking.
Thank you!
Hi there, I used OneDriver for a long time (google jstaf onedriver), its the best onedrive solution I have found for Linux. However, the VERY BEST solution is to stop using OneDrive and move all your stash to Dropbox instead. I did that and Im very happy I did.
there's Dropbox, Mega, and Cozy to name a few of the more popular ones
I'm a little late here, but there are a handful of tutorials to mount OneDrive as a network drive, which can be googled. It's not very fast, though, there is a bit of waiting when browsing folders and doing actions to files. It's not as good as a native client. I found that moving many small files was EXTREMELY slow using this method, sadly.
If you can afford too use a different cloud provider, though, Mega has a native linux client that works well and works just like the Mac and Windows versions. I wound up switching after getting fed up with the 1D performance.
Yeah OneDrive are not supported officially. Neither does Google Drive. I tried using many unofficial method and found no satisfication with it, usually works really slow.
If you can afford to change service, I would recommend two alternative:
- Dropbox: Native Linux client since beginning, fast and support LAN sync if you have multiple devices. Pricing is weird, they only offer premium pricing, nothing under 2TB plan available unlike Google Drive and Onedrive. Free version will only gives you 2GB and maximum 3 simultaneous devices.
- Mega: Now this is another recommendation after so many years struggle finding the one that suit my need. They provide 20 GB free storage (with limited download quota per 6 hours) and their lowest pro plan (pro lite) is only 5 EUR for 400GB. I works with source codes, even with Git and stuff I still need to find way to make synchronizing my work with PC and Laptop as seamless as possible and MEGA support SYNC IGNORE dictated by text file akind of .gitignore. Thank good I can finally exclude node_modules from syncing to the cloud.
I'm a full time Fedora user but at my university we only have windows and Macs.
MacOS is a perfectly usable system, that doesn't get in my way, I prefer it to whatever windows is nowadays.
Linux is definitely my favorite. I run GNOME with Forge and a couple extra extensions (like full screen toggle, removable drives menu, quick audio panel, and GSConnect)
For "Airdrop" I use Warp which is amazing replacement and I host files in the Public folder as well as my NAS.
And I have theming for Firefox, vesktop and many others to look exactly like the rest of GNOME Apps (Adwaita)
The efficiency, simplicity and the stylishness of GNOME make it my favorite environment to get work done
And Linux is really customizable. Such as, you can transform KDE to MacOS.
Absolutely!
For file transfer between Android and Mac you can use same old KDE connect that we had in GNOME (GS Connect), isn't as perfect as linux breaks a lot but when it works its still the best option we have
Btw we're on same boat XD
Macbook air m1
GNOME
Flutter
Nice suggestion. Although I don't copy much stuff to or from my phone to my desktops.
Haha noice and wow you're into flutter too.
Do leave a sub if you find this video cool!
@@uncoverplus already subbed following you since arc technologies!
@@uncoverplusAlso a solution to that minimise issue you can use cmd + h (Hide window) then window will show up while using cmd + tab.
Plus, Karabiner elements is very good tool to customise the keybindings.
Oh wow thanks a tonnnn!
And thanks for the tips too. The command tab problem was so very frustrating. 😕
I would rather suggest openmtp
What really fascinates me is the quality of your jumper!
You can cut and paste on mac actually but it isn't as intuitive as on other OS, let me explain...
-> For copying a file you would do the intuitive: cmd+c and then cmd+v in the appropriate location.
-> For moving a file you would do: cmd+c and then cmd+opt+v this will move the file in the appropriate location.
And if you are in habit of using the terminal and ofcourse you have you handy dandy cp and mv commands same as Linux :)
Which distro are you using? Or is it custom build distro?
I think it is fedora with gnome
I think there are some aspects that should go into this comparison, which are not as immediately visible but actually at least as important.
One is that you don't get macOS without buying Apple hardware or entering a legal grey zone (and subscribe to all kinds of annoyances). But once you have Apple hardware, you will basically have a big phone. After a couple of years, it will no longer receive updates. And there are many things you can't do, like exchange RAM or an SSD.The most frequently replaced part is not the battery, it's the "logic board". This usually means you throw away the computer. You basically rent a device for the price of buying it. It's never "your" device.
Another huge difference is on the software side. On Linux, you will not be able to get commercial software, at least the choice is limited. That's a disadvantage, maybe even a huge one. But on the other hand, there is usually a free alternative for most of the missing software. For me, the change from mac to Linux means a couple of hundred dollars in yearly software purchase got freed and I personally have no issues with the free alternatives at all.
It's typically much harder to set things up on Linux. But at the same time, being obliged and able to setup things yourself often makes many things possible that just won't work on mac. There are very few if any things you can't do on Linux that you can on mac but a lot of them vice versa. One of the few things is to develop native software for Apple products. It was the reason why I used Apple products for a while. I don't miss macOS now that the requirement is no longer there.
On macOS, when things do not "just work" they won't work at all and the reason usually is that Apple pulled a plug and you need to buy new hardware, even if what you want to do does not require that new hardware at all. You're just being baited into donating to Apple cause. That happened over and over again during the 10+ years I was using macOS.
The main difference between Linux on one and Apple and Microsoft on the other side is that the latter are controlled by corporate business while the former is not controlled at all. This did not matter so much in the past, but it looks like this is becoming more and more important. In the past, the strategy to compete with your peer and the strategy to milk your customers were alternatives that were in a balance. It's getting more cost effective for the likes of Apple to focus on optimizing their customers instead of optimizing their products. The conflict with the EU shows that all to obviously.
macOS has by far some of the best professional software out in many fields, other it lacks completely or has spotty compatibility. But for Ai applications it has a built in Neural Engine, which means you can do very advanced image generation and ai chat without any graphics cards or incompatibilities with Nvidia. You can run some of the best graphic design software like Affinity, or desktop publishing, video editing, and some light 3d modeling. It has Logic, and amazing compatibility with audio software and hardware for a music studio, and compatibility with advanced networking hardware for video editing. Linux has freedom, but it doesn’t have Scrivener for writing, or Adobe or Final Cut or Logic. macOS comes with a complete suite of industry leading software for “free”. The gaming situation on Linux is generally better than ever with the Steamdeck, and you can use most hardware to run Linux, so its very customizable as you say. But overall the “apple tax” is worth it to anyone who uses that professional software to make money. For basics, or specific software Linux is just fine. For programmers or very tech savvy people its very good. But MacOS overall just brings more to the table. You can run anything open source you can find on Linux on a Mac with zero issues, but the same can’t be said the other way around.
@@ghost-user559 You make good points there. However, when you say "macOS comes with [..] software for free", the Apple tax comes rolling in. I have 6 macs here, only one of which still receives updates. Each one is maxed out, because that's what you have to do with a mac. That's $15K of hardware. Of the 6, one runs macOS, 4 Linux and one I don't use because it draws more power than the rest together.
For writing, I use org mode. I could run Emacs on a mac, but when I worked on macs I didn't. It's probably a mind set thing, Emacs doesn't look and feel maccedy and when you're on the Apple road, it's an alien thing to use. Since I started with org mode, I wouldn't want to use anything else ever again for that purpose.
I don't know how much money I spend on software for macs. Certainly more than 5K, probably less than 10K. I don't miss any of that, now that the mac that still has macOS is not actually running but waiting for the next iOS project in storage.
It certainly depends on what you are actually doing if macOS or Linux is the better choice for you. Independent of all that, I'm really happy not to have to listen to "even better than ever before" anymore while looking at an Apple pencil sticking out the bottom of an iPad or seeing "Operation failed" while I expected it to just work and there is nothing I can do either way.
I'm using Linux since before it was delivered on floppy disks and BSD when it made a difference whether the 386 was put before or after the BSD. For me, macOS is a BSD with a lot of paywalls around it. That may be responsible for my view on Apple's business practices.
The thing with Linux that blows my mind is, if you have a mild idea of what you are doing (which doesn't take more than a month to acquire), you can absolutely wreck havoc on your OS, but then, by some unspoken magic, also realize that you have the power to unscrew it. For instance, if I wanted to a system variable in Linux, I could do so easily via vim ~/.bashrc and be done with it, but I also know that if I make any changes and save these changes (source this file) I could always revert it to original or do a echo-spree to add basic commands to add the tools required to re-edit the file and restore things without loosing my changes (which would be the case if you restored this). In windows, I would have to take a backup of the registry and pray to god that I don't encounter any errors. In my mind, Linux is the ideal OS and Windows Subsystem for Linux the ideal compromise if working in windows is a requirement.
You can move files somewhere else. You need to press cmd + c to copy them and then you need to press option + cmd + v to move them into the destination directory.
Wnna install linux, not sure if Fedora or PopOS! Which one would you suggest me?
I think Gnome is a good choice for a lot of people out of the box, all the people I have worked with who were using gnome said that it was natural and intuitive, unlinke MacOs which gave me wrist pain in the first week of usage since mouse usage is really high in macos for some reason.
“How is there this big of a gap…”
There isn’t. Linux copied that feature from MacOS. I remember using it back in 2011 with OSX Lion. There is a single key keyboard shortcut that allows you to do that… it’s one of the function keys.
Mac did it first.
One thing to remember is that Linux is open source and depending on which Linux you have affects which packages are installed initially when you set up the OS. Additionally even that can be customized.
macOS comes initially installed and set up a certain way. Almost everything you mentioned about Linux can also be done in MacOS.
I utilize both Linux, windows and MacOS as part of my job for over 20 years.
Single most difficult thing to do on my Mac is game.
It’s not because the hardware and software cannot support it, it’s because of the rules and licensing cost that Apple places on potential game developers to maintain security of its OS.
You mean the costs for licensing it for the App Store?
I think macOS is the smoothest operating system of the big 3.
However I see signs of macOS becoming more locked down like IOS. I hate that as a power user. If they one day will not let you use software from outside of the App Store I will no longer use it.
This is the best comparaison i've seen so far. You really went deep and and provided useful insight. Thank you. Do you have a video comparaison on web browser?
The great strength of MacOS and the whole Apple environment is the integration between Mac, iPad, iPhone, iSwatch as well as the great innovation. I just installed Linux mint 21.3 on an old MacBook Air mid 2013 and it’s simply fabulous, but both the quality of the software and the integration don’t entice users to come closer. Another big problem is the enormity of distros that confuse and discourage those who decide to choose Linux and are not an advanced user, system engineer or programmer.
Shortcut to open a folder on MacOS:
CMD+DownArrow
CMD+UpArrow to go one folder up
Works on MacOS and Linux (I think Windows as well)
I used Linux for almost 2 years, i have learnt many things from youtube and websites. It is one of the easiest and fastest OS one could use, better than windows.
But i have encountered 2 major issues
1) battery drain
2) somehow i was not able to connect my laptop to public wifi where one need to log in through internet vouchers
About file managers, I don't like a lot of things about kde, but dolphin is great. Really love splitting the window and it's many useful resources, one complaint is I find the UI a but cluttered.
Yeah and the Plasma 6 update got a split view too.
Yo bro. Great video. I hope and pray that you get 1million subscriber soon.
Thank you so much!
Windows user converted to Mac user here. MacOS's default window management kind of sucks. It works pretty well for a small laptop screen, but if you use a dock to plug into bigger screens its really frustrating. I use something called RectangleApp or just Reactangle to solve it. Its been extremely helpful to make MacOS's window management usable on big screens.
Also side note, I'm glad he pointed out the inconsistent maximizing behavior. As someone who stands by MacOS, that feature is just undefendable... what reason could you ever have to make an application that can scale hortionztally only scale vertically. If you really want to have a max text width for readability sake... put margins in the app or something... don't make it so windows can inconsistently maximize across your OS.
did you tired yabai? it's a tiling window manager for macos.
If you own an iPad and iPhone than Mac wins
If you use Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro or even MS Office, than Mac wins
If you really want to use the Mx chips with their speed and low power consumption, than Mac wins
If you don't have application dependencies or device interactions, than Linux is a better OS
@8:33 you should try the ExFat format. It is much better for USB flash drives than NTFS. You would be able to read and write to it from both Mac OS and Windows.
For daily use both macos and gnome on fedora, I'm not agree with you for comparing orange with apple but yes, I still get your point. For gnome it is good for speeder style everything is fast and very productive, but on macos you have to slowdown things and more thinking and more feeling. It give me more imagination more creativity on apple environment. Feeling is not someting we can get it right away. As a more than 12 years mac user the feeling and philosophy in design language on macos is very strong and consistency, I really like it. And for 6 years in linux I really like how productive how flexibility how customizability on my workflows on linux. Then I love both, but if I have to choose one, It will always be macos😊
to cut and paste in MacOS, copy just like you do normally - cmd + c, but during pasting whether you are pasting using the mouse/trackpad right click or cmd+v use the option key as well...that does the move operation or cut and paste operation in MacOS.
This is a great video. I personally have mac, linux, and windows computers. I am making the move from the other 2, to making Linux my daily driver.
Linux is a place where learning is endless but if you are excited the journey would be of a rollercoaster and enjoyable at the same time.
Well said!
not apple to apple, these not macOS vs linux, thats macOS vs Gnome,,, how about macOS vs i3 or XFCE? who is the fastest ??
I have used Windows, Linux, and macOS extensively for my daily driver and work. I use macOS for my daily driver as a developer and the hardware is nice but macOS really sucks and is a complete nightmare the way it manages application windows. In my opinion, Windows 11 is the best operating system but Linux isn't terrible but still doesn't have proprietary software like Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite products and can be a nightmare drivers to work with Nvidia and other hardware. It doesn't matter who's fault it is, it's just a reality.
Seriously the hardware is so good.
ngl nvidia support is really better than what it was, not really good on wayland for the moment tho but it's improving
in macos hold alt to unhide minimized apps, also you can use Cmd+H to hide apps instead which doesn't lead to this issue
cut and paste on mac: Ctrl+C --- Cmd+Alt+V
to open a folder or file on macos: Cmd+Down (Cmd+Up to go up one directory level)
NTFS is a bad format for usb flash drives. FAT32 for 32GB and exFAT for anything higher - supported read/write by all operating systems.
personally i'm moving off of big tech and seeking non-intruding privacy-respecting alternatives and linux is the obvious choice.
good luck.
4:17 Dolphin: Are you sure about that?
Thunar: Are you sure about that?
@@narpwa PCManFM: Are you sure about that?
Any Linux file manager: Are you sure about that?
You don't have to pay for linux as it can be installed in any pc whereas you have to pay for mac os as it is a apple based product and work only in macbook
edit - on the file manager i will hard disagree Nautilus is quite possibly the worst file manager i have ever used in linux world. Thunar and Dolphin(the kde one) is far far superior in every way shape and form.
me a window manager(hyprland) user be like - peasants stuck on their desktop environment. the terminal is my environment.
(but for better or for worse) its either you fix your issue in 2 minutes or you nuke your entire desktop nothing in between
Where can I find that gnome tweek alternative app?
Here's the GitHub link
(Latest release)
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2:52 you can switch between instance of same app using Cmd + Bactik
Well, almost everything you showed in this video on Mac OS, can be done in Linux, it would just take some tinkering to get done..
For example the seamless mouse from monitor to monitor will work with barrier (X11 only at this time, need to be updated to work with wayland) on Linux on Local shared network between the devices..
And I prefer FreeOffice, as it turns out it's the most compatible with Microsoft Office for Word, Excel, PowerPoint.. But if you use Publisher then you can use the latest scribus and it will give you the option to load Publisher documents directly..
And I prefer the LXQT Desktop on Linux anything else just isn't working for me, I need lightweight Environment, which Apple won't provide..
I use onlyoffice, is there a difference between both onlyoffice and freeoffice ?
Very cool, what video editor did you use to make this video? I am just amazed of the AR texts
Thanks! DaVinci Resolve
If Linux supported affinity apps/adobe/Final Cut/etc, windows and Mac would be a distant thought.
7:11 not sure exactly which delays you’re talking about, but there’s a good chance that, yes, you’re seeing a deliberate delay built into macOS. They’re all over macOS (and iOS) as human affordances. Apple adds visual cues and transitions so that the user doesn’t miss the computer’s response to their actions. But also, sometimes Finder lags, especially when dealing with spinning rust drives or networked storage. So I don’t know from your descriptions and screenshots which you’re referring to.
The lags and slowness I’ve occasionally experienced on macOS are nothing like those I routinely encounter with MSWindows’ File Explorer. So IME if Finder is doing worse than File Explorer, something’s wrong. But worse than something like Dolphin? That’s probably just the combination of intentional user affordances, Finder doing a bunch of stuff in the background, and the occasional actual lag.
If ms office and adobe creative cloud came to linux the scene would change completely
LibreOffice is a very competent alternative to MS-Office.
Yes, you can nit-pick minor differences all day long, but I’ve used LibreOffice since its OpenOffice days, and find it more than adequte (Ok, I intensely dislike MS, but hey, who’s counting 😂…and Full-Disclosure - I donate yearly to the LibreOffice Foundation, among a few other FOSS)
When I have more time, I plan to transform a retro gaming Optiplex I have into a triple booted system, with Windows 7, Linux, and MacOS. Then I'll have the ultimate $100 PC!
I love linux for my daily office use. I am using Ubuntu as my daily office companion since 6 years. Its awesome and being more and more stable now a days. However there are still glitches, hang up issues, Display driver problem etc.
The main thing which annoys me most that the absence of official MS Teams app. I use PWA for that though it has issues with notifications.
is it good if i dual boot fedora and windows 11 ? what is minimum requirement for install latest fedora ?
2:28 bar won’t make much difference but turning on dark mode by holding brightness button is annoying. How biased are you😒
start with Linux in 2007, stuck on Mac since 2011
Are you Indian? You feel Indian but i can't really tell because your accent is really good. If you are indian take this as a compliment and if you are not just ignore this.
Yes. I'm from West Bengal. Thank you so much!
If you don't like something in Linux, you can customize to be as close as possible to other OSes. Differently from Windows or MacOS.
3:00 that's a true fact. Window Management is bad on Mac. You have to use apps like Rectangle to solve the problem
MacOS does things in it's own way. Probably that's why some people find it very unproductive.
I daily drive a linux machine and I would never buy a MacBook if we have something equivalent to the new Apple Silicone SoC. This is a deal breaker for me.
Sure whatever suits. These are just tools at the end of the day.
@@uncoverplus what do you think about the new Intel Ultra chipsets? And even there's a Qualcomm X Elite coming around this April, what do you think about that?
I have to do some research. Heard about them but didn't get the time to learn more. What's your input?
@@uncoverplus i would say Intel is going in the right direction but finally they have just managed to catch-up with Apple. Yet to see how the X Elite does compared to M2 and M3.
@@uncoverplus btw great content. I assume from your accent that you are Bengali. Anyways, take love.
I don't know but on Linux, I am more productive and focused to my work but when i switch to windows I got distracted easily. I don't know why??
I love my Linux experience which is just Debian with openbox and tint2. It is very fast and snappy even on my 2011 MacBook Air, whereas MacOS feels so slow on it, but it is so pretty in comparison
Which linux version is it?
I’m an enthusiast of Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. They all have their pros and cons but your comparison, with all due respect is biased. Of course, people will find it wierd to work on an OS they not used to in comparison to what they’re currently proficient in.
I use ZorinOS btw! Very smooth and user friendly, it also runs Gnome like Fedora!
If the Linux system is made easier to use, it is not impossible that Linux will become an operating system that will be widely used, such as Windows and MacOS, but in the end Linux will always be an alternative operating system and that is only for certain users and not the majority. ordinary user. I really hope that one day the system on Linux will be more developed, especially in terms of how to use it, such as the easy process of installing applications on MacOS or support for being able to run AAA games like those on Windows.
It's simple. Mac overprice - linux foss
You can cut and paste a file from one place to another... it's just not obvious. You select the file, right-click and select 'copy', when you choose to place it somewhere else, right-click where you want it to be, and when you see the option to paste press the 'option key'. The paste will change to 'move item here'.
Can also use option+cmd+v to insert. The initial copying is the same.
There are things that you can do on a Mac, but you just don’t know how to do, and therefore you seem to have assumed that they can’t be done on a Mac. For example, you can browse between the different open windows of an application using cmd+’. Or, you can move copied files to other locations by pressing alt/opt key while pasting.
Not to mention, a lot of people seem to think that if a feature doesn’t work in the exact same way as it works in a system they are already familiar with, then it’s not implemented correctly, or that it’s inconvenient. That’s just a bias towards familiarity and not an objective evaluation of the relative benefits. Two different systems obviously will do things differently, and the system you are family with will seem more convenient to you because you already know how to use it.
Coming from the other round, some of the points you “give” to Mac are more about the ecosystem rather than the Mac in and of itself. In other words, it’s not an apple to apples comparison (pun slightly intended 😉)
I used to use dual boot linux and windows, but now I'm using Mac book air. get best new experiences. and use Mac trackpad is the best for me.
Its more like macOS vs Gnome, theres way more to Linux than gnome. Nevertheless I liked the video. Its a fair comparison of both desktop environments.
I personally prefer gnome over everything because of the workflow. Its extremely unique and it feels right at home. I love how clean the desktop looks without desktop icons or a dock. And the workspace-centric design makes it by far the best implementation of workspaces on any operating system.
I also think that adwaita is the best default theme on the market right now. Its extremely readable, user friendly and looks beautiful.
kinda hard to cover everything because of how big linux is but I agree. also did you tried tiling wms ?
Mac is a joy to use, but Linux represents a freedom of expression simply not found in proprietary operating systems. That alone makes Linux the superior OS regardless of any minor differences between them, which frankly are so minor now that it comes down to a matter of taste rather than fundamental functionality.
The clear winner is MacOS since it's a supreme/premier Desktop experience tailored for Apple hardware, newest AI additions make MacOS a superior OS in so many ways, but mainly it's outstanding stability and performance is the perfect choice for serious professionals in so many different industry areas, even on the cyber security world!
If you talk about how well tuned it is to the hardware, Mac is the clear winner!
u talk like chatgpt lmao but um I never seen anyone using macos for cyber security like most people use kali linux so do ur research if your not a bot
Which Linux distribution is this?
Mac have been compromising their products and software to push us users to their subscriptions. I’m slowly getting fed up with them and am looking to break the cycle
what subscriptions ??
when you minimise or close the window, select app using command + tab, release tab, hold command + option key to open minimised window.
Keeep going... other than the soft hazy texture of the video... you did a nice job making the video and you did your homework on the topic... That was OG...
Thank you so much 😄
Double Commander is the best file manager on Linux, especially if you like shortcuts.
Just one alert about NTFS: Linux write and read NTFS, but using reversal enginering. If you do something wrong, you have high chance of corrupting or getting errors in your NTFS disk (needing to boot a Windows and do the repair in the best of cases).
Why this happens? NTFS is a proprietary Windows format, so just with reversal engering that's Linux community find a way to make it works.
For removeable drives that's use big files (and crossplatform with Windows), I recommend use ex-fat. If you want small files, fat32. For INTERNAL drives for crossplatform with Windows (and it's just for data, not for installing operational system), I recommend NTFS.
huhhh NTFS is proprietary ?? I didn't knew like ik they want to make everything proprietary but something as important as a file system like wtf
Just found your channel and subbed. I am beyond a novice to Linux and want to get into it, but am overwhelmed by all the distros. Which do you recommend I go with? I want to possibly put it on a partition on my Mac. Thanks in advance, friend.
Edit: Seems no distro's are available for Silicon just yet... besides Asahi but it's still a work in progress. Others have mentioned running linux in a VM though 🤷. But I don't see the point of doing that, is it to learn to use Linux?
Hey thank you so much for the sub. This isn't a Linux focused channel. Please visit Arc Technologies for Linux focused videos.
I would recommend Fedora since I find it really stable and uses most of the latest releases. Happy learning!
Intel Mac or latest Arm based Macs? Which year model?
You can try any Linux distribution before installing it. In a VM you can install several distro's to try them out, but not all work in a VM. Or check out distrosea. But you have to login or no internet connection. It doesn't have the latest distro's though. For a beginner I would recommend Linux MInt.
MacOS and Gnu Linux are two Unix based but also SO different. :) When I was using Fedora I was in love with Okular.
Which Linux distro is it?
If you want to switch between multiple instances of the same app instead of trying to use cmd + tab, you can just use cmd + ` (just above the tab button), it will swtich between the multiple instances of the same app.
Secondly, if you want to cut something, just copy it and while pasting it instead of using cmd + v, press Cmd + Option + V, it will cut it.
Double clicking the window top bar on Mac is an app-specific feature. Default is to `fit space`, some devs do whatever they want though. There's a Gnome Extension btw for hiding the top bar.
Apple is only good on hardware. If I can use Android on iPhone/ipad, i will never touch iOS.
true but their hardware is also serialized and welded
Arch Linux with KDE is the best, btw.
Love the small 'btw' at the last 😂
Oh.... Debian with kde? 😂😂
Ubuntu, Gnome and flatpak support is the best BTW. It's linux and we can use the best for us. Arch and KDE is good too ;)
Dolphin is the best file manager in the entire Linux universe. (I too use Nautilus but I can't deny Dolphin have way more useful features with make it the best)
i googled: why windows is the best operating system?
its compatibility with a wide range of software, games, and hardware to its user-friendly interface and strong security features
yep cool spyware and preinstalled ads and bloatware! 👍
been a lifelong windows user till recently. tried out a few distros. arch, fedora, nix, etc. rocking nobara atm for the convenience, topping up with hyprland, its is a beauty. looks prettier than windows
hyprland miam miam, one reason I did the same as u is the lack of tiling on windows, I tried bug.n and it was buggy but, on hyprland everything felt smooth, no crash and everything was faster to do
macOS is like a polished version of linux. I can do everything a Linux computer can, but I have way more apps available and less crap to modify to make things work trough the command line.
@@Rocketman0407 yeah, it's like Stock Android vs Open Source Android
Surprising cinematography even though you're a much smaller channel. Thinking of getting started myself, and I'm taking notes! Haha! I subscribed!
All the best! Thank you! Will checkout your channel too.
To cut paste file in mac, command + c and then Goto the folder where you want to move the file command + option + v.