Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook

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  • Amethyst

    Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.

  • I use all 3 (including Windows). You are going to want to go down the customisation rabbit hole on the Mac, and be thoroughly unhappy unless you try to understand the way why it is how it is and don't try to fight it.

    That said, since you like i3, let me point out right away that window management on the Mac does _not_ work like you want it, and likely never will.

    I use Moom (https://manytricks.com/moom/) for manually tiling windows since I can make it 99% consistent with what I have in Windows and Elementary, but I've used Amethyst (https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst) when I felt like "going back" to i3, and it is sort of close enough.

    That said, another important thing (if you intend to do development) is to absolutely not mess around with /usr/local and whatnot and understand how brew (https://brew.sh) works.

    I also have some (old, and in need of update) tips over at https://taoofmac.com/space/howto/switch, but they're more focused on the Windows crowd, so take them with a pinch of salt.

  • HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  • I use all 3 (including Windows). You are going to want to go down the customisation rabbit hole on the Mac, and be thoroughly unhappy unless you try to understand the way why it is how it is and don't try to fight it.

    That said, since you like i3, let me point out right away that window management on the Mac does _not_ work like you want it, and likely never will.

    I use Moom (https://manytricks.com/moom/) for manually tiling windows since I can make it 99% consistent with what I have in Windows and Elementary, but I've used Amethyst (https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst) when I felt like "going back" to i3, and it is sort of close enough.

    That said, another important thing (if you intend to do development) is to absolutely not mess around with /usr/local and whatnot and understand how brew (https://brew.sh) works.

    I also have some (old, and in need of update) tips over at https://taoofmac.com/space/howto/switch, but they're more focused on the Windows crowd, so take them with a pinch of salt.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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