When comparing OS X Mavericks vs Obarun, the Slant community recommends Obarun for most people. In the question“What is the best laptop OS?” Obarun is ranked 29th while OS X Mavericks is ranked 59th. The most important reason people chose Obarun is:
Freedom for the users.
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 No telemetry
Freedom for the users.
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Con Outdated OS version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 Installer
The instasller is abysmal. Is there really no way to install this distro without using it ?
Con Complex for newbies
Because freedom in the world today is not simple