Solus vs macOS

Which means you don't have to suffer from version to version updates that can break it.

The installation procedure for this distribution is quite simple. It's GUI based and all you have to do is to follow the instructions given by the installation window itself.

The default desktop environment used by Solus is called Budgie and is quite nice and minimalistic.

The system itself is very stable. All packages in the repository seem to be carefully picked, well prepared and run stable.

System boots quickly and stays responsive. Does what operating system should do, and does it really well.

The software center makes it really easy to install the latest software through Snappy and Flatpak. Including third party software.

Very stable and well curated.

It may not have the most obscure packages, but the packages it does have is a good number of everything a Linux user needs. Gamers, developers, desktop users, etc. all have the necessary packages and then some. The packages themselves are integrated perfectly and are very well updated.

The default desktop experience on the Budgie version is very clean and streamlined. Although the Budgie DE isn't the most customisable, but it's customisable enough for me to recreate the desktop style of ElementaryOS with the dock and bar at the top.

So you won't have to enable PPAs or extra repos for that.

The software is well curated in the repos, you have access to flatpaks and snaps, so virtually, all the software you'll ever need is there for you.

The only community who values the newcomers. Very helpful community.

The UI of Mac OS is rather unrivaled. The smooth, responsive, and cohesive UI makes the system quite joyous to use.

macOS being a UNIX certified system means that you can install a lot more stuff with a lot fewer headaches than if you were on Windows.

There's a large selection of great development tools available for OSX. The operating system itself comes bundled with a powerful terminal emulator, called Terminal. Additionally, Apple provides tools, like Xcode, an IDE that contains a comprehensive collection of tools for developing OSX and iOS software, for free.

It's very similar to a Linux terminal.

Adobe CC, MS Office, Steam games.

Has support for multiple IDEs.

Because it's Unix under the fancy GUI, most open source ports easily to it.

Next to no custom configuration is necessary.

Tower, Kaleidoscope, SourceTree.

For example, Sketch.

Because this is an Apple product, there is a streamlined workflow between your computer and all mobile devices. For example, if you type an a Pages document, once you save, you can open the updated document just moments later on your iPad, and vice versa. The same goes for iMessage, (yes, you can text people with your phone number from your computer. Actually, you can text other people with apple devices with just your Apple ID, with or without a phone number, for free!) Numbers, Notes, Reminders, Contacts, and just about any other Apple workflow application.

This is useful for testing and some development tools that are Windows-only (XML Spy, MapForce).