Ask HN: Easy to move from macOS to Linux?

2 points by laserson 8y ago ↗ HN

Is it easy to live on a Linux laptop nowadays? I'm a scientist and so I generally need a *nix environment for work. But I am also just a mainstream user, and I also a good chunk of time in in Microsoft Word/Excel, and depend on easy availability of common apps (e.g., Spotify, Slack, Evernote, Adobe Creative Suite, Dropbox).

I realize that Linux has a solution for pretty much every problem, and is extremely customizable. But I really just want it to be easy and maybe 95% the way there.

Any recommended rigs for this?

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Finnucane 8y ago ↗

I have an Mac and a laptop that runs Linux. The biggest obstacle that remains to being able to switch over completely, for me, at least, is Adobe CS, esp. Indesign. I don't know of a good substitute for Indesign. For most of the other stuff I do, the Linux stuff is fine, or is actually the same (cross-platform). In the future, even that may change, since my work has changed enough that I don't need Indesign itself so much any more.

dmrademir80 8y ago ↗

Hi Funnucane.

You should try scribus. It's a good replace for indesign. Actually I think it's the your only one choice.

Cheers.