I have an Intel Mac, an M1, and a Linux laptop. IMHO, the places Linux wins are: 1. Customization. You can customize the desktop experience ad infinitum with

I have an Intel Mac, an M1, and a Linux laptop. IMHO, the places Linux wins are: 1. Customization. You can customize the desktop experience ad infinitum with Linux. You can customize it a bit with MacOS. 2. Speed. On older hardware, I've never seen Windows or MacOS outperform a lightweight Unix install. Gives old machines new life. 3. Cost. Not only is the hardware cheaper, it's actually possible to upgrade. So you have to weigh the importance of those factors. FWIW, the MacOS M1 has panicked on me 3 times in the past 6 months. Which is 3 more times than the other computers combined. 30 minute crashes sound to me like either a hardware issue (either busted or bad driver) or a broken Mint install. (I'm Arch, myself.) Since I'm a fan of R2R, I'll probably get a Framework next--no ARM, sadly.