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Yeah, I get there are other reasons people choose Linux—I do too, as I find Win10 intolerable as a working environment so if I'm not on Apple hardware, Linux is
by spanhandler 6y ago
Yeah, I get there are other reasons people choose Linux—I do too, as I find Win10 intolerable as a working environment so if I'm not on Apple hardware, Linux is my only realistic option for getting things done while still being able to interact alright with the world outside my own computer. I just think that's a small set of the reasons one might find any Linux OS to represent a serious loss of functionality, versus macOS. I agree it'd be cool if more major/trendy design tools were cross-platform, but I work with what I've got.
I don't think the default US keyboard layout on mac makes typing superscript unicode easy but it looks like there are a ton of ways to make it easier, by pointy-clicky through the GUI settings to add either of a couple ways of typing them, by editing a keymap file, or yeah, by using any of several programs like Karabiner. That'd actually be a great addition to the default US English keyboard on mac—a toggle for Unicode super-/sub-script modes.
[EDIT] incidentally, have you observed significant power savings with Webkit browsers on Linux? I like Surf and given FF's ongoing shake-ups I'm giving other browsers a look again, for my browsing-on-Linux needs. On macOS I see something like a 15-20% gain in real-world battery life and noticeably-better overall system responsiveness, using Safari over Chrome or Firefox. Is a similar, dramatic effect noticeable in Webkit ports to other operating systems?
- boogies 6y agoUnfortunately I don’t use GNU/Linux on the go enough to give you a good answer. Surf specifically is probably not good for battery life and now I realize I probably shouldn't have brought it up in this context, because it spawns a separate process per window/tab — it’s noticeably slower than any other browser I’ve used. But GNOME Web/Epiphany though does seem lighter than FF from my limited use of it, worth testing. Personally I use Palemoon as a FF alternative without the shakeups and because the Pentadactyl (fork of Vimperator) extension is beautiful, but I can’t vouch for it’s efficiency.
- spanhandler 6y agoPalemoon looks pretty good. May give that a shot, thanks.