New job & considering shift to Mac OSX?
by shane25119 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6HN2M)
Hello everyone,
I have a bit of an unconventional question.
I'm an academic--- and have, at the past two universities I've worked at, gotten permission to wipe my computer hard drive and install Linux. It's been great- but along the way I've had some issues (e.g. WebEx at the start of the pandemic was tricky, filling and digitally signing PDFs often requires a virtual machine). My most recent upgrade was an adventure with docking stations.
I'm switching universities soon... and I have the opportunity to switch to Mac OSX if I want. I've been on Linux full time since 2005 (Mint, XFCE). While I started out tinkering under the hood a lot... these days I find myself valuing stuff 'just working' so I can keep cranking out my research.
My typical day to day applications are Evolution (with an Outlook account), a Tex editor, a Python IDE, RStudio, a LaTex editor, and a handful of specialized statistical software applications (some of which have Linux versions). Zoom also here and there.
Has anyone had experience making this switch? What were the pros and cons?
To be clear- I still love the idea of Linux. I love the FOSS model... I'll likely always keep a Linux machine around. But, time is valuable.
Thank you!
Shane
I have a bit of an unconventional question.
I'm an academic--- and have, at the past two universities I've worked at, gotten permission to wipe my computer hard drive and install Linux. It's been great- but along the way I've had some issues (e.g. WebEx at the start of the pandemic was tricky, filling and digitally signing PDFs often requires a virtual machine). My most recent upgrade was an adventure with docking stations.
I'm switching universities soon... and I have the opportunity to switch to Mac OSX if I want. I've been on Linux full time since 2005 (Mint, XFCE). While I started out tinkering under the hood a lot... these days I find myself valuing stuff 'just working' so I can keep cranking out my research.
My typical day to day applications are Evolution (with an Outlook account), a Tex editor, a Python IDE, RStudio, a LaTex editor, and a handful of specialized statistical software applications (some of which have Linux versions). Zoom also here and there.
Has anyone had experience making this switch? What were the pros and cons?
To be clear- I still love the idea of Linux. I love the FOSS model... I'll likely always keep a Linux machine around. But, time is valuable.
Thank you!
Shane