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> I want macOS that has a UI of Windows 95. That would be totally insane on Apple Silicon. So much this. I used to run Windows 7 in classic mode and really lik

> I want macOS that has a UI of Windows 95. That would be totally insane on Apple Silicon. So much this. I used to run Windows 7 in classic mode and really liked the low footprint, no nonsense appearance. Windows 10 has no such mode. I wonder if we will see Linux support

spurgu 6y ago
Linus on the topic: https://i.redd.it/0c7c4h2t9u061.png https://i.redd.it/0c7c4h2t9u061.png
- bawolff 6y ago
  That's not really on this topic. What linus wants to use personally has little bearing on what architectures linux will (eventually) support. Edit To clarify: i mean, linus is saying he wouldnt go to the trouble personally, not that he would reject a patch adding support. Those are two very different things.
  - spurgu 6y ago
    How is "Apple may run Linux in their cloud, but their laptops don't ;(" not on topic? Edit: It's not like Apple has any (commercial) interest in working with the Linux kernel developers to ensure support/compatibility even if the M1 is ARM based. Edit 2: Don't get me wrong, if Apple announces they will support Linux I'll run out the door and buy one now, as a MacOS user. Edit 3: And this is a criticism against Apple running Intel x86 chips. Do you really think the M1 future is looking rosy for Linux?
    - bluedino 6y ago
      That didn’t have anything to do with the UI which was the topicp
      - spurgu 6y ago
        Scroll up, I responded directly to this: > I wonder if we will see Linux support
    - alwillis 6y ago
      Do you really think the M1 future is looking rosy for Linux? I think fairly soon, we'll have Linux running nicely on Apple Silicon Macs, using the hypervisor built into macOS. And it will run faster than comparable Intel machines. Apple gets the importance of Linux and Docker for developers; I'm pretty sure it'll get worked out.
      - breatheoften 6y ago
        I hope that hypervisor eventually "becomes the os" -- such that macOS or linux or whatever "collected set of software that needs to think it has an ownership relationship to hardware state" can all run on top of essentially the same hypervisor provided hardware abstractions ...
- fouc 6y ago
  Sounds like he's up for using an an M1 MacBook the moment it can run linux.

spurgu 6y ago

Linus on the topic: https://i.redd.it/0c7c4h2t9u061.png https://i.redd.it/0c7c4h2t9u061.png

bawolff 6y ago
That's not really on this topic. What linus wants to use personally has little bearing on what architectures linux will (eventually) support. Edit To clarify: i mean, linus is saying he wouldnt go to the trouble personally, not that he would reject a patch adding support. Those are two very different things.
- spurgu 6y ago
  How is "Apple may run Linux in their cloud, but their laptops don't ;(" not on topic? Edit: It's not like Apple has any (commercial) interest in working with the Linux kernel developers to ensure support/compatibility even if the M1 is ARM based. Edit 2: Don't get me wrong, if Apple announces they will support Linux I'll run out the door and buy one now, as a MacOS user. Edit 3: And this is a criticism against Apple running Intel x86 chips. Do you really think the M1 future is looking rosy for Linux?
  - bluedino 6y ago
    That didn’t have anything to do with the UI which was the topicp
    - spurgu 6y ago
      Scroll up, I responded directly to this: > I wonder if we will see Linux support
  - alwillis 6y ago
    Do you really think the M1 future is looking rosy for Linux? I think fairly soon, we'll have Linux running nicely on Apple Silicon Macs, using the hypervisor built into macOS. And it will run faster than comparable Intel machines. Apple gets the importance of Linux and Docker for developers; I'm pretty sure it'll get worked out.
    - breatheoften 6y ago
      I hope that hypervisor eventually "becomes the os" -- such that macOS or linux or whatever "collected set of software that needs to think it has an ownership relationship to hardware state" can all run on top of essentially the same hypervisor provided hardware abstractions ...
fouc 6y ago
Sounds like he's up for using an an M1 MacBook the moment it can run linux.