I've considered this, but I have a 27" iMac with two 27" Thunderbolt monitors and, at least the last time I checked, Linux didn't support Thunderbolt monitors. Since the machine still has more than enough firepower to handle everything I throw at it (and it's 7.5 years old), I'm not really interested in dumping for new hardware. I do think about it every time there's a macOS update that messes things up (which is every time, in my case; thankfully usually just annoyances and not serious problems).
I have a lot of automation set up using AppleScript and Hazel (I used Folder Actions before Hazel, but macOS updates had a habit of breaking that). I haven't seen anything in the Linux and Windows realms that could replace that combination (maybe there is; I'm just not aware of any). Alfred is another one that may or may not have an equivalent.
When this machine is up for replacement, it'll be time to evaluate what's available and see if I'm due for yet another platform switch (DOS, Windows 3.x, OS/2, NT and its successors up to Windows 7 and now macOS, so it wouldn't be a first...) I'm trying to stick with cross-platform software when choosing new or replacement tools, which would make an eventual switch easier.
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I've considered this, but I have a 27" iMac with two 27" Thunderbolt monitors and, at least the last time I checked, Linux didn't support Thunderbolt monitors. Since the machine still has more than enough firepower to handle everything I throw at it (and it's 7.5 years old), I'm not really interested in dumping for new hardware. I do think about it every time there's a macOS update that messes things up (which is every time, in my case; thankfully usually just annoyances and not serious problems).
I have a lot of automation set up using AppleScript and Hazel (I used Folder Actions before Hazel, but macOS updates had a habit of breaking that). I haven't seen anything in the Linux and Windows realms that could replace that combination (maybe there is; I'm just not aware of any). Alfred is another one that may or may not have an equivalent.
When this machine is up for replacement, it'll be time to evaluate what's available and see if I'm due for yet another platform switch (DOS, Windows 3.x, OS/2, NT and its successors up to Windows 7 and now macOS, so it wouldn't be a first...) I'm trying to stick with cross-platform software when choosing new or replacement tools, which would make an eventual switch easier.