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Use desktop Linux, the only operating system that respects you and the usefulness of the hardware you own by supporting all hardware forever.

• johndoe0815 4y ago
  Not quite... Linux has also deprecated and removed support for processor architectures and devices (though pretty obscure architectures and peripherals such as ISDN controllers) - see https://lwn.net/Articles/769468/ https://lwn.net/Articles/769468/
  • Gigachad 4y ago
    As far as I know, you are free to add them back in whenever you want. Support is removed from the kernel when no one is around to maintain the feature. If a breaking change has to be made and no one steps up to implement it, the support gets dropped.
• lp0_on_fire 4y ago
  Unfortunately this is not a solution for a large majority of people who a) don't know/care what Linux is (which is suspect is an even larger majority of Mac users) or b) know what Linux is but are locked into some piece of proprietary software that only runs on the commercial OSs. I'm not one to capriciously suggest government regulation but I think there is space somewhere for something that says if you're going to offer a general computing product for sale that you need to provide support for it (in terms of bug and security fixes) for n number of years. 10 years seems appropriate in my non-expert opinion.
• vanilla_nut 4y ago
  I’ve got a 2015 15” Macbook Pro that’s still performing admirably. Anyone know how it works with Linux? Curious about trackpad respnsiveness, media keys, and battery life/heat/performance. I use Linux on my PC laptops, but I’ve never installed it on a Mac because macOS has always integrated nicely with the hardware. Gestures seem to be a big hurdle.