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tanelpoder ◴[] No.41406758[source]
Haha, off-by-one pixel error!

I still see MacOS as the best choice for my desktop/laptop uses (browser and SSH), but I also have a documents folder that I’ve accumulated over decades. I still use various .txt files in the docs folder as my low tech note taking apps.

I use the Spotlight or Alfred keyboard shortcuts (that also use spotlight index?) for quickly opening the files when needed - and annoyingly my most important file - notes.txt - regularly disappears from the Spotlight index and suggestions. It’s been like that for at least 5 years, probably closer to 10. I’m not even trying anymore, will just open the file from command line with vi as the fallback step.

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eru ◴[] No.41407024[source]
> I still see MacOS as the best choice for my desktop/laptop uses (browser and SSH), [...]

Almost anything will do for those?

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johnwalkr ◴[] No.41407379[source]
Recently windows has become much better for things a linux or macOS user takes for granted, like using ssh (a quick google search tells you how to install it using powershell), but is missing a lot of features. Two recent examples for me are taking 5 minutes to figure out how to install and use rsync, and taking 10 minutes finding a program to add/delete pages from a pdf file that's not a trial or demo of some kind.
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layer8 ◴[] No.41408080[source]
That’s pretty quick?
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1. jmb99 ◴[] No.41412025{3}[source]
Both of those features have been built in to macOS for 2 decades, so in comparison, it’s quite slow.