Some Hints For a Newbie MacBook User Coming From Windows or Linux

This is an ongoing list of differences for typing — which I want to collect — so if you come to a later point, you will see more points added.

How to copy/paste/cut?

It is not Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v , Ctrl-x , but instead:
CMD-c, CMD-v, CMD-x.

How can I type a tilde~ instead of ˜?

Coming from Linux, I expect the ~ to be below the esc key.
Some sources say it is the options key with N…