macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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2603 points mattsolle | 2 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.667s | source

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elitepleb ◴[12 Nov 20 22:01 UTC] No.25075702[source]▶

Don't you love it the ability to compile and run software on your hardware is controlled by a third party over the internet?

I sure love the SAAS future we are heading forwards.

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MeinBlutIstBlau ◴[12 Nov 20 22:10 UTC] No.25075830[source]▶

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I will be a full on linux junkie when that happens.

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1. phendrenad2 ◴[13 Nov 20 14:54 UTC] No.25082812[source]▶

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This is a big conceit everyone holds - that Linux will be an acceptable substitute for MacOS. To be perfectly honest, if Apple shut down their Macbook factories and got out of the computer game entirely, and everyone flocked to Linux, it would be several painful years before Linux would be as usable as MacOS is today.

This is why I try out Linux every few years, and file lots of bug reports when I run into issues (mostly in applications - the core Linux kernel is solid). I've even contributed code to Linux apps that I don't intend to use right now.

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2. swiley ◴[13 Nov 20 21:33 UTC] No.25087755[source]▶

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I guess this is where the disagreements about usability on Linux come from. I've been using Linux based OSes since I was a child and IME when you run into brokenness it's almost always the user space (often something flashy from gnome or kde or occasionally freedesktop.org.)

Most things are more than doable on Linux but often you're choosing between stuff that works and stuff that looks pretty.

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