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I guess the author actually meant to say “So long, OSX” as Macbooks (older than 2016 versions) actually are good hosts for running Linux. I myself run have two
by roadbeats 8y ago
I guess the author actually meant to say “So long, OSX” as Macbooks (older than 2016 versions) actually are good hosts for running Linux. I myself run have two Macbooks (Air 13 and Pro 15) with dual boot setup, so I get the best of two worlds: perfect programming setup (i3) on Linux, perfect multimedia (I use Lightroom / Premiere sometimes) setup on OSX.
- AdmiralAsshat 8y agoThe author mentions, however, that he also bought a new Librem 13 laptop to go with it. So presumably he ditched the Macbook hardware as well.
- roadbeats 8y agoYes, he didn’t have to ditch Macbook though.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> I guess the author actually meant to say “So long, OSX” It's called macOS, if you're going to be pedantic about something someone else wrote. It's not been called OSX (actually OS X) for years.
- roadbeats 8y agoI didn't mean to be pedantic. Any name that refers to the software is fine.
- amaccuish 8y agoFor me I had to switch back to MacOS. The battery life was dreadful on Linux, even with TLP and various other tweaks.
- djhworld 8y agoHere is a good github repo tracking the state of Linux on Macbooks >= 2016 https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux Doesn't look hopeful at the moment...