Is it possible to be comfortable with two desktop OSs (e.g. shortcuts, mouse) (lemmy.world)

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I've been a linux user for 20 years (mostly on KDE). I just started at a new job, and they gave me a mac. I found out later that I could have got a linux machine instead, which is a bit annoying. Still, I know there are some nice things about a mac, and I figured I'd give it a try for a while.

I'm pretty quick moving around my desktop environment, and I'm finding picking up the mac is not too bad. BUT I use keyboard shortcuts a lot, and they are all every different on a mac. So whenever I switch back and forth between my work machine, I end up stumbling a bunch and wasting my time, and getting annoyed. It's mostly keyboard shortcuts, but the trackpad buttons and scrolling are annoying too.

So, question is: is it possible to regularly use two OSs with wildly different control surfaces, and be comfortable with it? e.g. either MacOS + Linux, or I guess MacOS + Windows? Or will it be annoying forever?

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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

I was in a similar situation.

I configured the Mac to use my expected shortcuts when possible and got used to the stuff I couldn't change. I believe the mouse/track pad behaviour is pretty customizable, so you should be able to convert it to what you expect.

Congratulations on the new job.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I believe the issue is that both settings change at the same time, so either the mouse feels backwards or the trackpad does.

There were some third party tools to change that

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