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only use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole host of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
only use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole host of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
If I may suggest, take a look at autorandr [1], it saves your monitor configuration and automatically enables it when a set of monitor is detected. It's a small thing, but it improves the experience and will replace your home alias.
[1] https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr
You can see the announcements at https://archlinux.org/. The most recent is from June:
> Starting with libxcrypt 4.4.21, weak password hashes (such as MD5 and SHA1) are no longer accepted for new passwords. Users that still have their passwords stored with a weak hash will be asked to update their password on their next login.If the login just fails (for example from display manager) switch to a virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and log in there once.
I wasn't affected. The next one before that was February, and also didn't affect me.
I think I could the number of such planned manual interventions that have affected me in the 6 years I've been running Arch on my laptop on the fingers of one hand. It's approximately the number of times I would have had to reinstall my OS from scratch in that time on most other distros, based on extensive prior experience of whole distro version upgrades messing things up in mysterious ways. I put this down to the rolling release cycle and the arch devs not being lulled onto assuming everyone's running a fresh, pristine installation.
I have a 6 year old, heavily used (including for work) development laptop I have installed the OS on exactly once, and I have absolutely no reason to contemplate starting again from scratch. It's bang up to date and rock solid. You'll have to pry Arch from my cold, dead fingers.
I haven’t tried it so I can’t vouch for it, but AltTab[0] may meet your window switching needs.
What specifically would you prefer to be different for window resizing behaviors? If it’s something akin to Aero Snap on Windows there’s a multitude of options, including Moom[1], Rectangle[2], and Magnet[3] among others.
[0]: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
only use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole host of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
only use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole host of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
only use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole host of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
only use Homebrew for ‘Casks’ (GUI .apps)— `brew cask` subcommand
Nix or pkgsrc for reliable management of CLI tools (both, if you want to try Nix but want an escape hatch)
don't forget to install GNU coreutils, grep, find, and bash. (BSD coreutils are weird and anemic if you're used to GNU. macOS bash is ancient, etc.)
disable cursor acceleration (barely works, but it's the only thing that works): https://plentycom.jp/en/cursorsense/index.html
the only mature terminal emulator on the platform that performs okay (provided you enable GPU acceleration): https://iterm2.com/
recover basic key remapping functionality: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
recover basic audio controls like per-app volume mixing: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
recover FUSE support: https://osxfuse.github.io/
recover configurability for a whole host of missing functionality, like global keyboard shortcuts, through automation (Lua scripting): https://www.hammerspoon.org/
recover clipboard management: https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
if you don't use some hack to get window tiling, you might also want to...
recover basic window management functionality: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
recover modifier key window drag: https://github.com/dmarcotte/easy-move-resize
good luck.
Arch has an installer. It's had one for years. It was completely broken for a long time but they released a new working version back in April. Unfortunately most people thought it was a joke since it was released on the first of April.
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall