A few questions about migrating to OS X?

Question

macOS

Hello dear. I needed another laptop - light, high-quality, long-lasting. After many comparisons, the choice fell on the MacBook Air. I am an experienced Ubuntu manager and some things have become a habit, which I am not going to give up, since there are many computers and they are all configured the same. Tell me, please, is it possible to normally and painlessly implement the following things on the new Air (probably there is the latest version of the axis):

1. Remap keys so that Fn becomes "control" and control becomes Fn. Copy-paste and everything else so that it works not with Command + V, for example, but with Fn (which now works for us as a control in Windows) + V.
   
2. Six desktops in two rows like this:
   1 2 3
   4 5 6
   so that you can switch from 5 to any other with one key combination
   
3. Make switching between these desktops by Ctrl + Alt + arrow, dragging the active window to the desktop by Ctrl + Alt + Shift + arrow
   
4. "Isolate" windows on desktops. As far as I know, if you press Command + Tab, you can get to any window on which desktop it would not be deployed. I need to be on desktop number 6, for example, Command + Tab could switch only between those windows that are on this table.
   
5. Launching programs and any other functionality is performed by hotkeys. At a minimum, so that Ctrl+Alt+T opens the terminal, and all windows are minimized by Command+D.
   
6. Emulation of a click with the third mouse button, by simultaneously pressing the right and left buttons. That is, we press two buttons on the link and it opens in a new tab.
   
7. Typographic characters on the right command (such as the third case). And in general, the layout is like in Windows-Ubunt: a dot, a comma and all sorts of other characters in the same place as in Windows, for example.
   

These are really important things for me that speed up my work, so I kindly ask you not to recommend reconsidering your habits with the transition to macos (especially since I don’t switch completely, but only on one of the laptops). I think it is possible to install Ubuntu on Air, but for some reason it seems to me that this is useless, especially since all the programs I need are for macOS, and there are those that are not available for Ubuntu. If some of these things can only be solved by third-party utilities (like, for example, switching the layout using Caps Lock, I was once able to do it only using two different utilities at the same time), then please write which ones. Thank you.

Answer 1

I don't want to sound ignorant, but let me share my switching experience.
At first, I also thought a lot and was looking for a replacement for the usual “fingerprints” on the poppy keyboard, but as time passed, I came to the conclusion that all my “tunings” were no longer relevant for me.
The first thing I learned is that switching the language on cmd + space, as well as cmd + c. cmd+v cmd+x cmd+b etc. — much more convenient purely visually.
The next step was the development of Spaces (which are now interned in Mission Control). Hot corners and gestures are much more convenient than keyboard shortcuts.
On a good note, through the control panel you can implement almost all your Wishlist - reassign almost all combinations, and you can bind the launch of software by hotkeys automatically, Typographic layout is present and can be third, fourth, fifth, whatever. And if my memory serves me, there are several of them, you can always install the required ones.
item 4 of your list was also relevant for me, well, for about three weeks ... after F3 it doesn’t even occur to me to do something shamanistic anymore. All windows of the active desktop line up, and everywhere you can switch to another, immediately in the Spases mode.
In general, what I want to say is that the legacy of experience and habit are strong things, but you can get used to everything, especially if the new one is a little more convenient. But this is my personal experience. You will have your own, but if I were you, I would not bother with these questions so much.
This is akin to the fact that when you change from one car to another (for example, from left-handed to right-handed). At first it's unusual, and then I don't care.

Answer 2

To remap keyboard keys, try - KeyRemap4MacBook
To remap mouse keys - BetterTouchTool , BetterTouchTool seems to be able to remap keyboard keys. It is not advisable to use them together.

Answer 3

"Isolate" windows on desktops. As far as I know, if you press Command + Tab, you can get to any window on which desktop it would not be deployed. I need to be on desktop number 6, for example, Command + Tab could switch only between those windows that are on this table.

Hardly doable.

Launching programs and any other functionality is performed by hotkeys. At a minimum, so that Ctrl+Alt+T opens the terminal, and all windows are minimized by Command+D.

There are a lot of such launchers, quicksilver for example qsapp.com/index.php There are free ones in the app store.

Emulation of a click with the third mouse button, by simultaneously pressing the right and left buttons. That is, we press two buttons on the link and it opens in a new tab

Clicking on the scroll does this in any axis for a hundred years.

And in general, the layout is like in Windows-Ubunt

Select PC layout in language settings.
I also advise you to pay attention to this: briankendall.net/presButan/index.htm

Answer 4

By the way, I'm now working on three systems almost simultaneously - Mac at home, Windows + Deb at work. At first I tried to switch the language using Ctrl + Shift on a poppy, or in Windows or Line using Alt + Space, but now, after three years, I don’t worry at all. The brain is used to The only thing that infuriates is that the brain cannot get used to the point in the Russian layout, yet in the Windows layout it is more convenient than Shift + 7.

Answer 5

According to point 1 - this is done in the keyboard settings. Here is how. I changed the settings to use the familiar Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. True, I had to get used to switching tasks with a combination of Ctrl + Tab instead of Alt + Tab.

Answer 6

> 7. Typographic characters on the right command (such as the third register). And in general, the layout is like in Windows-Ubunt: a dot, a comma and all sorts of other characters in the same place as in Windows, for example.
Layout "Russian - PC"