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Interesting. I see it now and I was expecting this to be an issue with switching but I haven't really noticed it. Here are the same words rendered by macOS (9pt Open Sans): http://bitcannon.net/images/2017/open-sans-on-macos.png I think it's showing similar spacing.

Step one was the PC. For about 6 months I sshed to the PC from my MacBook and used iTerm's tmux integration to do development on that machine. This is phase 2 using that machine without the MacBook. Eventually I'd like to get a non-Apple laptop (if the experiment sticks), but one step at a time.

It's more compact so makes better use of the space available. Subjectively it's pleasant to look at and if the software supports it there are ligatures to make code look better.

> The base packages remain stable and supported

Problem is they weren't stable. I ran into bugs in the old so called stable packages that were fixed in newer versions.

You probably have a discrete GPU. The 13" 2013 era MacBook Pros like mine with only Intel graphics can't do 60Hz.

Mainly because, "well-supported hardware", could change at any time. It felt better to me to attempt a clean break.

Yeah it is basically the website wrapped in an app. Having it as an app makes it easier to launch, switch to (Alt-Tab), it shows up in the task list, can be pinned to one or all workspaces, this kind of thing.

I used LastPass for a couple of years and would definitely recommend Enpass over it. You get native apps and can choose how it will sync if at all instead of all your passwords being stored on LastPass's servers.

I tried Linuxbrew but didn't stick with it for exactly the reason you point out:

> However it turns out Linuxbrew manages it’s own version of all the packages it tracks (makes sense I guess). This end up duplicating many of the packages available or already installed by the system package manager. This works on macOS since there is no system package repository but did not sit well with me on a Linux system.

I have a 2013 MacBook Pro is that likely to be a good or bad one?

Wow that looks great, could have saved myself some €€€. Fabrizio has done an amazing job with Pragmata Pro though, so happy to support his efforts.

I tried that and it doesn't look right because the elementary theme hasn't been updated for GTK 3.20/22. It only looks right on GTK 3.18.

Thanks, never thought to try that.

New post about GNOME on FreeBSD is up: http://bitcannon.net/post/gnome3-on-freebsd/

I tried it on my Arch install. I know it's highly themeable but the default theme was not at all minimal and I wasn't a fan.

Yeah it's a shame http://etoileos.com/ didn't get more momentum.

Ok, looks like I need to check out KDE too.

I'm using Caps Lock for Control already...

Last I checked KDE was still working on HiDPI support. Has that changed? What plasma based distribution would you recommend?

From what I've read WSL is kind of amazing but not stable enough yet.

It's coming in a follow up post. I should publish it in the next few days.

Ideally I'd only need a single computer and there are goals like being about view/edit the source code of my OS/apps that Windows doesn't tick. Still as mentioned in other comments I'm getting a Windows 2-in-1 later in the year so can try it then.

Yeah I touch type. The whole idea of encouraging people to look at their keyboard seems completely off.

Good point. I actually paused and tried to come up with something better when I was proofreading the post but failed to do so. I'll keep it mind for future posts.

Reading Dave's (https://daverupert.com/tag/davegoeswindows) experience switching to Windows turned me off considering it as an option. However I've ordered an Eve V so will try it out when that comes later in the year.

This is a solution I will test out later in the year. I like the idea of a 2-in-1 computer and I've ordered a http://eve-tech.com. I'll certainly be trying out the VM on Windows option when it comes.

>> Removing the Esc key > you can switch back to default F1... keys

Not following... the physical key is gone, replaced by the touch bar?

Yes I suspect the keyboard shortcuts will bother me too. One of the things I like about Elementary is that there are a bunch of things bound to Command out of the box. They also refer to it as ⌘, which has a nice familiarity about it.

The keyboard integration in Pantheon seems pretty comparable to GNOME.

I just finished importing my 1Password data into https://www.enpass.io looks like it might turn out to be a good option.

Thanks, fixed.