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The problem with Apple is, and remains, the software, which I find utterly hostile and inflexible for my workflows, and getting worse by the year. Personally, I

The problem with Apple is, and remains, the software, which I find utterly hostile and inflexible for my workflows, and getting worse by the year. Personally, I only consider getting one of these after it is able to a decent Linux distribution well.

rewtraw 5y ago
A decent desktop Linux distro needs to be created first though.
- wincy 5y ago
  Mint is okay. Except the time that grub randomly failed for me and I had to manually fix my boot config. But at least my webcam and brightness buttons worked on my ten year old laptop, which they didn’t when I booted into windows even after spending a few hours trying to find the correct drivers. My wife (who while smart doesn’t like tinkering with computers) has been using Ubuntu for two years now and her only complaint is “my hard drive is full and how the heck do I uninstall applications?” Even things like Microsoft Teams and all the virtual doctors meetings apps work for Ubuntu, which surprised me. I mean Linux distros kinda suck when something goes wrong but I’m honestly impressed how long my wife’s Ubuntu laptop has been working without major issues.
  - howinteresting 5y ago
    Linux distros suck the least when something goes wrong. Both Windows and MacOS fail in inscrutable ways and have required me to do complete reinstalls in the past, whereas on Linux there's usually some sort of forum discussion or Arch wiki page that will get you back on the right track. It's a big reason I like Linux.
- howinteresting 5y ago
  Thank you for the helpful contribution. Truly extraordinary.
pabs3 5y ago
Once the Asahi Linux folks get their work into Linux/mesa mainline, you will be able to run any distro on Apple M1. https://asahilinux.org/ https://asahilinux.org/
- howinteresting 5y ago
  I'm really looking forward to Asahi. These laptops + Linux are going to be pretty great.
- bullen 5y ago
  How is OpenGL on Metal progressing?
  - pabs3 5y ago
    From the latest post, "We are passing about 75% of the OpenGL ES 2.0 tests". https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-4.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-4.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-3.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-3.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-2.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-2.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-1.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-1.html
    - bullen 5y ago
      Neat, thx!
  - djxfade 5y ago
    > With these drivers, M1 Macs are actually usable as desktop > Linux machines! While there is no GPU acceleration yet, the > M1’s CPUs are so powerful that a software-rendered desktop > is actually faster on them than on e.g. Rockchip ARM64 > > machines with hardware acceleration. https://asahilinux.org/2021/10/progress-report-september-2021/ https://asahilinux.org/2021/10/progress-report-september-202...
    - bullen 5y ago

rewtraw 5y ago

A decent desktop Linux distro needs to be created first though.

wincy 5y ago
Mint is okay. Except the time that grub randomly failed for me and I had to manually fix my boot config. But at least my webcam and brightness buttons worked on my ten year old laptop, which they didn’t when I booted into windows even after spending a few hours trying to find the correct drivers. My wife (who while smart doesn’t like tinkering with computers) has been using Ubuntu for two years now and her only complaint is “my hard drive is full and how the heck do I uninstall applications?” Even things like Microsoft Teams and all the virtual doctors meetings apps work for Ubuntu, which surprised me. I mean Linux distros kinda suck when something goes wrong but I’m honestly impressed how long my wife’s Ubuntu laptop has been working without major issues.
- howinteresting 5y ago
  Linux distros suck the least when something goes wrong. Both Windows and MacOS fail in inscrutable ways and have required me to do complete reinstalls in the past, whereas on Linux there's usually some sort of forum discussion or Arch wiki page that will get you back on the right track. It's a big reason I like Linux.
howinteresting 5y ago
Thank you for the helpful contribution. Truly extraordinary.

pabs3 5y ago

Once the Asahi Linux folks get their work into Linux/mesa mainline, you will be able to run any distro on Apple M1. https://asahilinux.org/ https://asahilinux.org/

howinteresting 5y ago
I'm really looking forward to Asahi. These laptops + Linux are going to be pretty great.
bullen 5y ago
How is OpenGL on Metal progressing?
- pabs3 5y ago
  From the latest post, "We are passing about 75% of the OpenGL ES 2.0 tests". https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-4.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-4.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-3.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-3.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-2.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-2.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-1.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-1.html
  - bullen 5y ago
    Neat, thx!
- djxfade 5y ago
  > With these drivers, M1 Macs are actually usable as desktop > Linux machines! While there is no GPU acceleration yet, the > M1’s CPUs are so powerful that a software-rendered desktop > is actually faster on them than on e.g. Rockchip ARM64 > > machines with hardware acceleration. https://asahilinux.org/2021/10/progress-report-september-2021/ https://asahilinux.org/2021/10/progress-report-september-202...
  - bullen 5y ago