The criticism towards Gnome 3 is due to the reduced usability, customizability, constant breaking of backwards compatibility (especially when it comes to parts that allow customization), treating the desktop like an overgrown tablet and a general tendency of its developers to treat their users like they don't know what they are doing - if not outright ignore them. Linux Desktop UIs like Gnome 3 have taken a lot of criticism precisely because they have not been copying Windows and have deviated considerably Anyone tried it? It's not a stand-alone application, but I'm probably okay with that. Slightly off topic, but one of the only software issues holding me back previously was 1Password compatibility on linux, but apparently, it is now available (1). I'm by no means a 'pro' user (I have a decent understanding of computers, can get around on linux command line, some basic experiences in programming, etc), but I'm probably going to start making the switch, at least for my laptop.

And while Apple still seems to have the best hardware overall, a Lenovo Carbon X1 seems like a very decent option. Between the seemingly constant stream of security problems and the dumbing down of OSX (MacOS, whatever), I'm not sure I'm willing to pay a premium for this product anymore.Īt the same time the Apple seems to be dropping the ball, some of the more noob-friendly linux distros are starting to look very attractive. I'm also a long-time Mac user, but I've really had about enough of this.

(In fact, one main benefit you might see from this is that Apple has hardware hires-many from Intel-who have stepped up to apply their knowledge of formal verification methods to the iOS kernel and drivers, but haven't necessarily had the flexibility to spread that love to macOS. Whether or not Apple has a formal 'macOS kernel team' or 'iOS kernel team', those groups definitely exist and have rather static membership. The exception is the kernels and drivers of each OS, which have to consider things like architecture, but I would expect that it'll still be the same individual engineers working on these who always have, no matter what their team structure looks like now.

Most of the codebases of both iOS and macOS are fundamentally the same kind of (low-level but architecture-independent C and Objective-C) code, and encouraging team unification will make that even more true-if the same people are working on both AppKit and UIKit, for example, it's a no-brainer to unify them rather than maintaining that duplication.

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