Maybe you could try a chargeback. Having to pay for a Linux license and not have such a basic feature (because everyone has touchscreens in 2024) is outrageous. I heard they don't even accept code contributions to fix this mess.
Also, I do contribute to open source - my github says I've contributed to 53 repos. But that's irrelevant - I should be able to criticize open source software without the response being "lol how about you fix it", because in that case every issue on Github can be closed with the response "how about you submit PR".
I don't think you've made your point. Windows and MacOS are honestly more configuration if you're a developer - Linux is exactly the way you want it to be out of the box.
If you perceive MacOS as your only option, I feel grieve for your freedom more than Windows users.
Uhh... not all linux distros. I speak from direct experience with the latest Nix and Ubuntu as of literally yesterday. There's a reason why I know it takes 3 programs to get volume gestures working.
Oh, you mean like having to install "Display Menu Pro" on macOS in order to access my actual native screen resolutions?
An action for which I normally don't have to install anything for, in, well, <checks notes> any OS other than macOS.
I always have to laugh at macOS users who talk about how polished everything is--whose menubar right side has enough app hieroglyphics to make an ancient Egyptian envious.
> "I try to replace my Macbook with a different laptop and linux. But the "finish" that the Apple products have is unmatched."
Having to install three programs and a language runtime AND ALSO configure them, and have one of the programs be a fork because you want "instant" feedback while changing volume (instead of having to wait until the end of the scroll) is absurd. It isn't simply "lol install 3 programs and it Just Works" - getting everything to interface with each other and then scripting everything up is a chore.
It's a bloody shame that something this time-consuming is necessary for something that comes out of the box in other mainstream OSes.
But of course your comment history is mostly one line zingers so why do I bother.
Let's be honest, very little is "built-in" on Linux. What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
I install and configure at least around 20 packages/extensions/tweaks on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Another 10+ browser extensions per browser. That’s not even listing the apps themselves (the ones that aren’t primarily a utility or tool).
There isn’t an OS that’s good to go out of the box. But the Apple hardware on a MacBook is completely unparalleled; people acting like there’s anything like it on the windows side are delusional. As are the apps (from the store, from the internet, from GitHub, and from brew). The quality is just much better, and so is the likelihood of finding an existing app/utility for a niche use case. Many packages on Linux are just binaries without even so much as a TUI, let alone a GUI (NordVPN). Oh ya Brew, also substantially more pain-free than other package manager experiences.
> Oh ya Brew, also substantially more pain-free than other package manager experiences.
No joke - I have never heard someone that uses multiple package managers praise Brew. If you have to use it in a larger org, across system architectures or are versioned across system upgrades, it is the single most fragile package manager you can employ. pamac, apt, rpm and eopkg all wipe the floor with Brew.
Nix and Macports are a bit better, but anyone that's used a proper package manager knows Brew is a lightweight.
