There are people here who say that GNOME is a copy of MacOS I want to let you know that you that you are deeply unserious, one desktop is functional and the other is MacOS.

Same thing with people who say KDE is a Windows clone like Windows 11 didn't just steal KDE design language but made it worse because unlike KDE which is unified, just a few clicks in Windows you are suddenly transported to 2010 with the old Windows control panels, and Windows users vastly prefer the older menus.

Linux desktops are superior to their proprietary rivals. We may not have Adobe (lmao who needs that shit 🥴), we may not have HDR (not yet, check back in a couple of months or half a year), we don't have display mirroring (okay that one is valid) but our workflow is far superior.

Dgaf it’s10x better than Windows,

you’re trying to desperately hide Windows in the corner, putting up to fight. Mac’s not winning that battle, sure, but bring out the red headed stepchild

I don't get the joke, but yes, and it has been since like 1998. Toy OS for the computer illiterate.

No, MacOS's UI is fantastic!

(Once you install 4 different 3rd party software tools (2 of which require licenses to buy (1 of which is abandoned and doesn't work smoothly on any officially supported Mac OS)) to fix it)

Anyway this is a way of saying yes, stock Mac OS UI is very lacking and also asking, what Linux distro should I try if I like a lot of things about MacOS's UI especially with the trackpad geature control and keyboard shortcuts for window organization and resizing I get from third party applications?

Nah, MacOS > Windows for me:

1. Homebrew > Chocolatey. Yeah, Homebrew doesn't hold a candle to apt/pacman/dnf, but with Homebrew you can install popular programs used in Linux like btop. With Homebrew, you can turn your terminal into something that mostly resembles a Linux terminal. Meanwhile, you're stuck with installing Windows programs like Notepad++ with Chocolatey.

2. MacOS comes with zsh by default, which is useful because zsh is used by other Unix-likes like Linux and BSD. As of Windows 11, the default shell is Powershell. Unless you really like Powershell, having zsh instead of Powershell is a plus if only because it's also used in other OS.

3. Spotlight > Windows search. Windows search is trash tier. It's slow and gives you useless shit instead of what you want. And unless they really botched spotlight post-Catalina, spotlight is honestly better than most Linux DE searches. Not as good as the golden standard for searches: KRunner.

For everything else, they both suck and require third-party tools to make them suck less. Windows is only better than MacOS if you're a g*mer.

yea, never got why anyone would seek out macos. at least with windows you could run shit on it, i can download whatever repacks i want double click install and run.

windows (and yes, linux) runs on everything no issue everything from $100 mini PCs to 4090 gaming PCs, mac only runs on apple's hardware (yes there is hackintosh but no one but nerds use that shit). same reason why i do not care about Apple Silicon, its not like I can buy it separately.

As someone with a MacBook Air M2, the hardwares is top notch, some of the best in the world.

The software however, is complete garbage.

MacOS is the OS i only ever use because they make me use it for work and I'm glad it's at least not Windows

The hell are y'all doing with the OS that doesn't involve launching a browser?

also homebrew sux and blows

its better than windows. low bar to clear but still.

worst thing my abusive ex ever told me was that macos was the best os 😔

I'll be honest, I'll take Mac os 10/10 times over Linux on my actual machine.

On a server? Linux 10/10 times. But you can't take my M1 MBP and Mac OS away from me. Nothing comes close to the combo.

The only thing good about macOS is zsh as the default shell.

Absolute truth, and has been since day 1

Agreed but unfortunately it's the only thing that can be used on a machine with the specs and QoL of an m1 air at that price

Only reason I am somewhat looking at Apple for my next laptop https://asahilinux.org/