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I’ve said it before: iterm2 is one of the two reasons I feel so much more productive on mac compared to Windows or Ubuntu

The other one being quicklook (space preview of files)

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I installed it on Mac to attempt to come close to using Tilix on Ubuntu but I think I prefer Tilix overall. It comes default with Ubuntu Budgie. Tilix isnt perfect and has its weirdness but its really awesome to use.

Weird thing to say, considering both Windows and Linux-based systems are way more developer-friendly.

(Windows due to VS and the rest of MS resources/docs/tools, Linux due to its package management systems natively supporting just about anything you could ever need for development. For macOS to compete, you need a plethora of best-effort or paid tools that don’t come from Apple).

What's your iTerm2 replacement on Windows? I use Hyper right now but the clear command doesn't even work correctly.

Have you given Windows Terminal a try? It's in the store. https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Also a weird thing to say. VS is on Mac, and not everyone uses VS to develop. Mac also has brew, which is a great package manager that can replace apt and the like.

Sounds like you have a specific use case that requires you to use Windows and are projecting that on every other use case. There is a reason why Macs are used in a lot of development shops.

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