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I wonder if the OP has switched from Windows to Linux initially. And did he write a piece complaining that everything isn't exactly how they're used to then?

A lot of "i'd switch but" articles - in all directions - basically come down to "the destination doesn't work how i'm used to". Even though they're fundamentally as crappy in the background.

When someone asks me why I use Mac OS as my main desktop I answer "it's the least annoying". There is no "best OS" available now.

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I think you've hit the nail on the head. I'm happily using Windows now but used a Mac before and it took a long time for me to realise that my complaints about Windows largely boiled down to "it doesn't do things in the way that I'm used to".

With that said, whilst I do like macOS overall I always found it infuriating how on macOS applications could steal focus. Something I do appreciate on Windows is that focus stealing by and large isn't a thing.

> With that said, whilst I do like macOS overall I always found it infuriating how on macOS applications could steal focus. Something I do appreciate on Windows is that focus stealing by and large isn't a thing.

Interesting... I think the last time I used Windows everyone and their extended family stole focus all the time. But then I moved to Linux as my main desktop OS in like 1998... and to Mac OS in 2013.

> Something I do appreciate on Windows is that focus stealing by and large isn't a thing.

Interesting. Focus stealing really is annoying, but from my experience Windows is not really better.

Yeah, same. I HATE HATE HATE it, but it happens to me on both platforms all the time.

In KDE one can set the focus stealability. That used to be a terrible paper cut for me, but now I haven't even thought about it in years.

> Something I do appreciate on Windows is that focus stealing by and large isn't a thing.

Until you need to run an app as Administrator, and then… everything disappears in favor of a blue screen (even on external monitors), with only a single confirmation modal remaining.

I’ve never understood why what is effectively ‘sudo’ needs to be a full-screen event.

Well said. This is always part of why everyone will have different favorites. Different OSes have different pain points, and not everyone is trying to accomplish the same things with their computers.

It really shows people's true colors on how inflexible their brains might be by writing articles like this. If you can use every OS and have no troubles using each extremely deeply for meaningful work you might have a very fluid and adaptive brain. That's a plus in being able to get work done in different modes.

I use macOS for the same deep work I use Windows 11 desktop for and I have no issues switching off into Linux on my cheap laptop to get some things done. Why waste time complaining? Adapt!

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