Java was the new hotness when I was in the middle of my comp sci degree. The biggest benefit I found was javadocs. Other languages had shit documentation that usually didn’t match reality in comparison.

Mklinux on my powermac G3

I use homebrew as it has good list of package formulas. You can also check out macports.

Colima is a must if you run containers.

Command key instead of control for shortcuts.

Cmd-, app preferences

Cmd-c/x/v for copy/cut/paste

Cmd-shift-4 to capture part of screen (draw a box). Press spacebar to change to window screenshot.

Enable tap to click and extra gestures for the trackpad if you have one. Multi finger swipes are very useful.