Migrating from MacOS to Linux

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Merc

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Studying Linux as a prospect for long term daily driver in lieu of MacOS.

I've read the contributions of the brilliant Linux MW users on this thread about the tinkering required to get MW running and maintained. Very grateful to all.

Are there any feature disparities between the Linux and MacOS versions that I should be aware of? Or is MW the same across all three OS versions?

Any other thoughts you'd care to share with a Linux noob would be much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.
 
I’m not a macOS user, but I switched from Windows 11 to Linux Mint Cinnamon (which is Ubuntu/Debian-based). The most important thing to do is back up your workspaces.

Once I installed Linux Mint, I downloaded the .deb installation file and installed it through the terminal using "sudo dpkg -i motivewave_7.0.21_amd64.deb". After launching MotiveWave, I immediately restored my workspace, and it worked exactly the same as it did on Windows 11. So far, I haven’t had any problems, except for a mouse scrolling issue specific to the Linux version of MotiveWave.

It’s a minor issue that can be fixed easily. Just take a look at the “Forums - Discussions - MotiveWave and Linux Performance Improvements,” where I also posted a message. I wrote a .bashrc script to fix that issue and to install or update MotiveWave automatically by typing a single command like "installmw" or "updatemw" in the terminal.

I recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon because it receives regular updates and is very user-friendly.
 
Merc said:
Studying Linux as a prospect for long term daily driver in lieu of MacOS.

I've read the contributions of the brilliant Linux MW users on this thread about the tinkering required to get MW running and maintained. Very grateful to all.

Are there any feature disparities between the Linux and MacOS versions that I should be aware of? Or is MW the same across all three OS versions?

Any other thoughts you'd care to share with a Linux noob would be much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.
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Hi there @Merc ! Welcome to the Dark Side :cool:

I have been running MW on several Debian-versions and have noticed only the 'annoying mouse issue'. Since MW spawns a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) it is pretty platform-independent and thus the user-experience should be near-identical on all OS'es.

Installation will be pretty straightforward, just as @HalTrader posted. You'll be up and running in no time and will (most likely) never look back ! ;)
 
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