@null0x0 @gnome i don't have an opinion on it really as i haven't used it.

@markosaric @gnome oh you should check it out!
https://youtu.be/bKgrOCCGHKs

@null0x0
Great post!

@markosaric @gnome

@LPS @null0x0 @gnome thanks!

@markosaric
Another one to look at is Elementary OS
@null0x0 @gnome

@DonMcCollough @null0x0 @gnome yeah i mention that one in my post too. still i think gnome may be a better place to start for mac users. they can explore more after that if not completely happy

@markosaric @null0x0 @gnome 👍

@markosaric
It was a really good article. Have you themed your Gnome to be a bit more like MacOS(dash to dock at the bottom, GTK theme, icons, etc) or do you run the vanilla Adwaita theme?
@null0x0 @gnome

@DonMcCollough @null0x0 @gnome thanks! i just switched to adwaita-dark from the tweaks tool as i prefer dark theme. nothing else. happy with the way gnome looks/works so don't really need to make it look/work like something else. i'm hoping to see an option to autohide the top panel when not in use in future updates though as i had that switched on when on macos

@melissaboiko @gnome nice! and thanks very much!

@Ghosty @gnome thanks! i have non-free on as without it i didn't even have wifi but i don't think apps such as spotify or slack are there. i cannot find them. or am i doing it wrong?

@markosaric @gnome
I myself don't use Debian.
It works:
https://slack.com/intl/en-nl/downloads/linux?eu_nc=1
https://wiki.debian.org/spotify

BUT you're properly better of using Flatpaks with those packages on Debian.

That's what made me do the switch from Debian to Arch Linux (besides curiosity :D).
Arch Linux has the ArchUserRepository (short AUR).
See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

It's a repo where users can upload custom packages that aren't in the main repo.
But I don't consider Arch Linux better. It's just different :).

@Ghosty @gnome thanks! yeah, i've spent some time on Arch too, it's just difficult to install it while it's not the same experience on some of the Arch-based distros. this makes it my second favorite after debian but not something to recommend to newbies coming from mac really 🙂

@markosaric @gnome Absolutely! From a Debian perspective it's probably better to use things like Flatpak.
Most other methods instruct you to add PPAs/extra repos to the .source file. That's bad practice in my opinion as you can easily get some weird issues/conflicts when adding to much repos.

@Ghosty @gnome yeah, i experienced that so now i prefer flatpaks for things not on debian but still keep them to a minimum.

@markosaric @gnome BTW. Does your blog have RSS? I'd add it to my list :).

@Ghosty @gnome yeah, all the wordpress blogs have rss inbuilt. just put /feed/ after the domain so markosaric.com/feed/

@markosaric @gnome Okay! :D

@tomris @gnome thanks for the nice words! my intention was to make it something useful for someone just entering the Linux universe.

@VictorVenema @gnome VLC is what I used on Mac to play multimedia and same app exists for Linux too. Firefox also. I haven't encountered any problems and it would be impossible to use Linux for me if it couldn't play media. Do run it on a USB to test your hardware though to make sure it all works or simply buy a Linux ready laptop

@markosaric I have VLC for Windows. If you do not have any problems, then it is probably just a matter of the right software not being installed on the university computers. Think I will give a try.

Thanks.

@VictorVenema no problem and have fun

@alatiera @gnome thanks very much! one thing on my Gnome wishlist is ability to autohide the top panel when not in use kind of like macOS does. it would make Gnome get out of the way even more. there's an extension but it doesn't work well always.

@markosaric @gnome Not that I am aware of, but almost every app has a fullscreen behavior with f11.

@alatiera @gnome 👍

@sorpaas @gnome 😀