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It's really not. The hardware is so good that I put up with it, but it is a bad OS in so many ways. My dream laptop would be a MacBook with a normal keyboard layout and running a well supported version of Linux.

macOS is a BSD.

If you're used to Linux (I am) it feels there are lots of quality of life changes, but I realized it's because I'm used to Linux.

The OS itself is fine.

The problem is not the kernel. It's the anti-user hostility to open source (GPL3 utilities e.g. modern Bash and rsync etc) and open standards (e.g. OpenGL and Vulkan) that stem from an over-active legal department. And the GUI that's stuck in the past. The top menu hasn't made sense since screens got bigger than the original Macintosh. The Dock has always sucked. Window management is primitive and saddled with interminable animations. And then there are the random unconfigurable things like the stupid camera gesture recognition popup or the inability to use natural scrolling on touchpads without reversing the mouse wheel too. MacOS needs an overhaul.

They already do. Asahi Linux.

Still missing a bunch of features like USB-C displays. Isn't ready for newer CPUs yet either.

Not to mention that the leads are no longer working on it. Asahi Lina and Hector Martin are gone.

People constantly badgering for things was why he quit.

Patience goes a long way for a harmonious relationship.

They were whiny shits.

I thought he quit because he got in a row with a Linux kernel maintainer?

cli? Just run orbstack..

Why?

This is an included package from a 3rd party that was kept at a previous version for licensing reasons.

If you want the latest version of rsync, you can just install it.

Are you upset that MacOs doesn’t include a copy of Libre Office, or every other bit of 3rd party software?

> Are you upset that MacOs doesn’t include a copy of Libre Office, or every other bit of 3rd party software?

I'd be kind of unhappy if my OS shipped an old version of LO.

It’s adequate. You can use MacPorts to install a more modern Unix environment.

Much better than Windows.

Eh, I swap between the big three every day and they're all terrible in their own unique manners. macOS certainly has problems, and Apple's adversarial relationship with open source is not helping anything, but I wouldn't call macOS bad, just not suited for everyone's needs.

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