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>The subset of people that (a) had Apple laptops, (b) run Linux on them, ... Yes, what a big lucrative market: relatives of people who run Linux on their Macs t

>The subset of people that (a) had Apple laptops, (b) run Linux on them, ... Yes, what a big lucrative market: relatives of people who run Linux on their Macs t... Technical people moving away from using Apple's new properietary hardware that literally can't boot any OS but Mac OS will mean they can't help their friends and family as easily due to lack of familiarity.

coldtea 6y ago
>Technical people moving away from using Apple's new properietary hardware Many technical people seem jumping into Apple's new hardware, and reviews are all raving for M1. Don't confuse FOSS people / ideologues with "most technical people". The technical people that are big in numbers and give support need to be merely computer savvy people, not hardcore devs or people who'd rather run Linux. >that literally can't boot any OS but Mac OS That's wrong. It can boot any OS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25145119 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25145119