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I just switched my work computer from a Linux laptop running Gnome (on Wayland, with working drag and drop) to a MacBook Air M2. The hardware is a great improvement, the desktop environment is not.

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I think it’s also a matter of getting used to it. I used Linux from 1994-2007 and Mac since. I had some Linux desktop excursions in between and I always come back surprised how broken the Linux desktop experience is. Let alone there would be something great like Shortcat or Raycast app menu search.

The only thing that is annoying in macOS is the lack of good tiling, but there are good third party options that add tiling.

Same here. Recently moved to an M2 pro from Gnome. Mac desktop seems like a downgrade to me.

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