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If you choose to use Linux as your daily driver instead of MacOS, why? Just curious.

by 55555 4y ago

nick_meister 4y ago
As someone who has a MBP M1 sitting there and barely used, I’m asking myself the same question, but targeted to MacOS users.
- drexlspivey 4y ago
  Why did you buy it then?
  - aliqot 4y ago
    In the early days, RISC and other non x86 hardware was the future to some of us. Whether the OS is good or not, I wanted to try it out, as a newer era in CPU architecture and a possible competitor to the dominant architecture. To me the hardware is very much not the problem here, when I disregard non-serviceable parts. The OS is just as quirky as linux, and has some elements that are comparable to linux (the terminal is much more posix-y than windows cmd), however your options are limited in ways that you may have grown used to as a linux user: - no alternative DE's, WM's or the ability to compute without either one. (both are in my submission history with 0 solutions, i've asked.) - no customization (top car can't go away, bottom bar can't slide out like powerpc mac) - no involvement in the bootloader - no upgrading hardware without 'tricking' the OS - no alternative drivers/firmware options the list goes on, and like I said, just as quirky as linux so most of us just 'make do' with MacOS as 'good enough' on what is probably the most performant and efficient laptop I've ever owned. I never knew how much fan noise, vibration, and hot fingers negatively impacted me until I put hands on my old laptop.
  - nick_meister 4y ago
    Company bought it for me
smoldesu 4y ago
MacOS doesn't support the software I run (as of Catalina). Linux does, and as a bonus I get native Docker support.
pimeys 4y ago
Declarative setup with NixOS. I can choose what services and software gets run and installed. I can define my user experience (sway, tiling wm). I have the control on OS updates, not Apple. Native docker. CLI works much better on Linux compared to Apple; macOS command line tools feel limited and crippled compared to almost any Linux distribution. And, of course, I can modify any of the tools I use. The whole stack is open source.

If you choose to use Linux as your daily driver instead of MacOS, why? Just curious.

by 55555 4y ago

If you choose to use Linux as your daily driver instead of MacOS, why? Just curious.

As someone who has a MBP M1 sitting there and barely used, I’m asking myself the same question, but targeted to MacOS users.

drexlspivey 4y ago
Why did you buy it then?
- aliqot 4y ago
  In the early days, RISC and other non x86 hardware was the future to some of us. Whether the OS is good or not, I wanted to try it out, as a newer era in CPU architecture and a possible competitor to the dominant architecture. To me the hardware is very much not the problem here, when I disregard non-serviceable parts. The OS is just as quirky as linux, and has some elements that are comparable to linux (the terminal is much more posix-y than windows cmd), however your options are limited in ways that you may have grown used to as a linux user: - no alternative DE's, WM's or the ability to compute without either one. (both are in my submission history with 0 solutions, i've asked.) - no customization (top car can't go away, bottom bar can't slide out like powerpc mac) - no involvement in the bootloader - no upgrading hardware without 'tricking' the OS - no alternative drivers/firmware options the list goes on, and like I said, just as quirky as linux so most of us just 'make do' with MacOS as 'good enough' on what is probably the most performant and efficient laptop I've ever owned. I never knew how much fan noise, vibration, and hot fingers negatively impacted me until I put hands on my old laptop.
- nick_meister 4y ago
  Company bought it for me

smoldesu 4y ago

MacOS doesn't support the software I run (as of Catalina). Linux does, and as a bonus I get native Docker support.

pimeys 4y ago

Declarative setup with NixOS. I can choose what services and software gets run and installed. I can define my user experience (sway, tiling wm). I have the control on OS updates, not Apple. Native docker. CLI works much better on Linux compared to Apple; macOS command line tools feel limited and crippled compared to almost any Linux distribution. And, of course, I can modify any of the tools I use. The whole stack is open source.