started using a Mac as my personal machine recently after exclusively using linux for 20 years and one of the most surprising things has been that the options for creative software (making vector graphics, fonts, etc) on Mac really are much better in many cases
feels like one of those things that everyone knows but I never really internalized
(do not lecture me about the options available on Linux, I promise I know)
I moved from Linux to macOS 18 years ago. I have considered moving back to linux a few times, but I haven't been able to find comparable hardware these days (the arm hardware is too good). Thinkpads are the closest.
Be patient. It is a journey.
I spend 90% of my time in the console and the browser. Here are two key components of my setup:
homebrew works just fine for me as a package manager.
Then I use hammerspoon to interact with the OS programmatically.
Good luck!
Julia Evans
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