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RE: Moved to Mac (from Linux) #21
(04-17-2017, 03:19 PM)Inori Wrote: Also, prices and hardware. Fuck that. If I'm paying $2800 for a laptop, I expect more than what the Macbook Pro offers.

EXACTLY THIS. I mean I like OSx, I even run it in VMware and it runs surprisingly well. I'm thinking of moving out of Windows too, I'm going to try and dual-boot Arch and Win10 (only for gaming) but my SSD is kinda small so I'll have to order a new one first.

Apple is overpriced if you ask me. The hardware isn't comparable to what you have to pay.
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RE: Moved to Mac (from Linux) #22
(05-15-2017, 06:18 AM)insidious Wrote: Can you even install a WM on Mac? Maybe if there's some option for that I'd go for it. Though I'd miss the flexibility of Pacman. So easy to just 'packer packagename' and get whatever you need w/ gpg signage

Sadly, you can't replace the existing WM/DE. But you can extend it to tile the windows and stuff.

You can get homebrew from https://brew.sh and cask from https://caskroom.github.io/

Then you can install stuff with:
"brew install packagename"
If the package is not in the main repo, it won't find it.
You can install stuff from cask (not main repo) by running:
"brew cask install packagename"

There are larger alternatives to homebrew such as macports and fink, but I prefer homebrew because it doesn't require root by default (I think all packages should be installed as user, not root).




Tbh I might end up switching to OpenBSD sometime, but for now I'm with Mac.
(This post was last modified: 05-16-2017, 01:35 AM by Blink.)


(11-02-2018, 02:51 AM)Skullmeat Wrote: Ok, there no real practical reason for doing this, but that's never stopped me.

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