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Yes, that’s a great argument for Linux, but much less so for macOS. Apple and Microsoft are roughly comparable these days (and that’s not a compliment to either
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Yes, that’s a great argument for Linux, but much less so for macOS. Apple and Microsoft are roughly comparable these days (and that’s not a compliment to either), but after many years of “next year is the year of the Linux desktop”, Linux is still a pain to install on most consumer hardware in comparison to either macOS or Windows.
- icebraining 9y agoNope, Linux is much easier to install on most consumer hardware compared to macOS. The latter is only easier on the minority of models made by single vendor.
- jsjohnst 9y ago> The latter is only easier on the minority of models made by single vendor. And it's only "legal" on the minority of models made by a single vendor. That doesn't make it any less relevant that for the intended environment for it to be installed on, it's far easier.
- icebraining 9y agoSo if only Linus would threaten you with a lawsuit for installing it in a model not designed explicitly for it, then Linux would be a much better system than it is today, right?
- jsjohnst 9y agoIf there was a single high end mainstream laptop on the market which had comparable full hardware support of everything on the machine as macOS does to a MBP, then you could say something, but alas there isn’t and likely never will be.