Hey guys, thanks to the Linux content on this forum, i learned how to use it and i got a job! But unfortunately i have to use a macbook, because, reasons... I find the OS to be very bloated and holding my hand a lot, is there any tips for making my Mac OS experience better?
I'm coming from Arch with XFCE, btw.
Thanks in advance.
i'm pretty sure that macbooks are pretty locked down aside from bootcamp, which i know nothing about.
if bootcamp supports linux, it shouldnt be too hard, if it doesnt... well, you're done playing.
Yeah, i know, it sucks... There is some package managers like homebrew that contains some nice programs, which is nice, but... i miss my linux install.
Well, at least is not Windows!
I'm not sure exactly what parts of the OS you find to be bloated or to be holding your hand, maybe I've been blinded by using OS X for so long, but it is the most responsive and fluid OS I've ever used for productivity and general use. The only major thing to do with OS X is to get rid of Apple's crap i.e the fact that they know everything you type into spotlight (That's the only thing off the top of my head, but there is heaps more). Just go through your system preferences and have a play around. But the operating system is pretty limited, and if you don't like what it comes with you're kind of out of luck. There are some commands you can write into terminal to tweak a few things but it's still pretty limited. Bootcamp is a fairly painless procedure, it will hold your hand though. Haha, but then at least you can use your beloved Arch linux.
By the sound of it however and please correct me if I'm wrong, but your Macbook ownership seems to be due to your new job(Congratulations by the way), meaning you have to use OS X for something (Again, please correct me if I'm wrong), and are therefore stuck with OS X. Which means there is only one up side, that the hardware is solid, reliable and will last a really long time. Oh, and the OS is pretty snappy and loads pretty quick whilst booting up, but then again so would just about any operating system running off PCIe-based flash storage.
Disk problem maybe? Mac OS X is not bloated in my opinion.
Well OS X, uses bash just like Linux I would have it list what all programs and services are running and kill them,
Yeah, im stuck with Mac OS... But it is starting to grow on me, after a few tweaks here and there it gets a little better. And bootcamp doesn't work with Linux, does it?
No, bootcamp does not work with Linux, but there is a boot manger called rEFInd which will allow you to install any OS on your mac. I remember doing this with an old family iMac a year or two ago with Ubuntu. Here is a guide on how to do it --> http://www.howtogeek.com/187410/how-to-install-and-dual-boot-linux-on-a-mac/ You could always use a VM like Parallels, although I'm not sure how nicely Parallels plays with Linux, you'd have to look into that.
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~somlo/OSXKVM/
Mac osx is the only os that fustrated me to the point that ive thrown a computer across the room. RIP late 2007 Imac with snow leopard