If you have a chance, you might want to take a look at GNOME Shell. I switch between OS X at work and Linux with GNOME Shell at home and I've found that, with a bit of tweaking, switching between the two doesn't have to be a horribly jarring experience. Here's the shortlist of tweaks that I do to any new GNOME Shell install:
- Install GNOME tweak tool
- Set it up to use the same keys to switch desktops as on OS X
- If you're running Shell on PC hardware, swap left-Alt and left-Super (aka Windows key) so that you have a more Mac-like setup
- Command+tab to switch Apps
- Command+grave to switch Windows
- Window buttons on the left (if your distro puts them on the right by default)
- If you use the dock a lot in OS X as part of your workflow, grab an extension to make it stay permanently visible in Shell: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/
- As a general note, (IMNSHO) the easiest, most reliable way to pull files over from your Mac to Linux is by turning on "Remote Login" (aka SSH Server) on the Mac side and then type ssh://name-of-mac.local in a file manager on the Linux side.
The one thing that still gets me sometimes is copy and paste with control instead of command, but as long as that's the only thing it's pretty easy to avoid. Being OS-agnostic is a wonderful trait to have as the OS holy wars starts up again. :)
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