@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

@sorpaas @gnome 😀

@cld_tech @gnome that's the beauty of linux! you can use whatever fits you best and not stay stuck with only one option!

@markosaric you preach a quire! 😙

@cld_tech 👍