My OS preferences

OS Preferences.md

My personal OS preferences

I am an Android only guy, and prefer Macs, but is is very close and I can literally use any computer you throw at me.

Why I prefer Android:

Features iPhones don't have:

• A goddamn file manager without the need of jailbreaking/root
• You can download, upload, and often view any file
• GBA emulators (screw you PoGo players, I'm playing FireRed!)
• Real Firefox, not that lame Safari disguise.
• Terminal access, again, no root required, but it is better with it
• A goddamn Back button
• A big ol' clock on the home screen.
• Jailbroken iPhones still can't do as much as plain, unrooted, AOSP+Gapps Android.
• Material Design. I am a sucker for it.
• ROM development and updates are much easier and faster.
• No computer each time you power on.
• You can find root apps in the Play Store. No Cydia needed.
• More versatile app selection
• Varying icon shapes
• Better organization. No "General" settings.
• Notifications are better
• Icons make more sense and are easy to see
• Not everything is on your home screen AND scrolling app drawers.

Things iPhones do better:

• Battery life is always better
• Backspacing by word is awesome
• You get official updates on time, and you often get the latest
• Better gestures in pinch
• No viruses
• Siri is much better than GNow.

Why I prefer Macs

And why do I like Macs? While I can't afford most of them, I have one and love it. However, it is a close matchup.

Mac vs Windows and Linux:

• It takes some serious effort to mess up a Mac. You can't do it by accident.
• More consistent UI
• Works out of the box
• Scrolling and swipe gestures
• Behold! The great and powerful Spotlight Search!
• No apt-get. (Almost) no setup wizards. Just click on the installer and drag the app to the Applications folder.
• Preview literally replaces 10 programs on Win/Linux

Mac vs Windows:

• Updates are easy to install and are free.
• No drivers.
• Better Command line. Especially with Homebrew or MacPorts.
• No poorly designed programs
• Organized file system. You don't have stuff on the root of the file system.
• Menus on top with standard menu items = Muscle memory
• Screenshots don't suck. And, with a command in the Terminal, you can choose the path.
• Right click menus look the same.
• Finder has tabs.
• Updates look the same on Macs. I can tell you what Windows version from a single screenshot.
• Sorry, Win8-Win10, informal =/= easier to understand.
• No need for antivirus that slows your PC to a crawl

Mac vs Linux:

• While the terminal is very powerful, you aren't forced to use it and can be quite content without it.
• No need to install tons of dependencies, no need to worry about accidentally uninstalling dependencies and finding yourself in the recovery console.
• No QT vs GTK+ vs GTK3 conflicts
• Latest Flash Player
• No cryptic package names
• No annoying duplicate apps
• You don't have to worry about deb vs RPM, repositories or building from source.

What Windows does better:

• Better program compatibility, but Mac with Wine and Homebrew/MacPorts comes close
• Best taskbar.
• Start Menu.
• Best window management. Especially snapping.
• Better for gaming
• OneDrive integration beats iCloud.
• Viewing a zip file without extracting the whole thing
• And if Windows can't open the archive, 7-Zip can.
• No Ctrl Click
• MTP with Android.
• Pasting full paths and URLs in file open dialogs
• You don't have to worry about that 1TB hard drive being NTFS and unable to do anything.
• Windows Explorer right click integration

What Linux does better:

• You can run it on just about anything, from an old laptop to a new desktop to a Raspberry Pi.
• Customize it as much as you want.
• Themes
• Desktop environments
• Open source = more security, as long as you are up to date
• Completely free
• You can make it blazingly fast.