When comparing OS X Mavericks vs Siduction, the Slant community recommends Siduction for most people. In the question“What is the best laptop OS?” Siduction is ranked 23rd while OS X Mavericks is ranked 59th. The most important reason people chose Siduction is:
Apt/Aptitude, debconf or the alternatives system.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Battery optimization
There are many features that improve battery life, such as App Nap.
Pro Great if you don't like El Capitan and up.
Relatively fast and retains many design decisions of the OS X of old.
Pro Memory compression features
You can have a lot of things running yet have plenty of memory left.
Pro Free if you have Snow leopard or Lion
Pro Very tweakable
There are many things you can still change through the terminal.
Pro Still supported so far
Pro Debian based
Apt/Aptitude, debconf or the alternatives system.
Pro Updates are slow, but stable. It is based on Debian after all.
It uses Unstable per default so it is still some kind of stable since all dangerous packages are tested in experimental first.
Pro Secure Boot support
It supports secure boot which is great for LiveCDs and dual boot systems.
Cons
Con Outdated OS version
No longer supported by Apple (neither bugfixes or security fixes). The last release was in 2014.
Con Slower compared to previous versions
Con Very hard to find
Apple is very keen to only show the latest version.
Con Can't delete base applications
Con Looks nasty, and slow
Con Hardware recognition is bad compared to Ubuntu.
Siduction won't install any non-free drivers by default.