This was my rationale for switching over to Macs (from a mix of Windows and Linux) many years ago. I liked the flexibility of working within Linux to get a work

This was my rationale for switching over to Macs (from a mix of Windows and Linux) many years ago. I liked the flexibility of working within Linux to get a workstation to be setup exactly as I wanted it. If I had problems, I was able to (usually) figure out a fix or script a workaround. Eventually I got tired of the thousand cuts of desktop Linux and decided to just use a Mac for the "daily driver" stuff and keep my Linux work on servers. That said, I do feel that these projects are helpful. Aside from the joys of tinkering, I think that adding more OS support for older Apple hardware is useful. Not only are we adding more architectures to the list that Linux supports, but projects like Asahi will help to keep hardware useful well after Apple stops supporting it. That said, we still have the same problems... new unsupported drivers, poorly supported power management... re-re-redesigned desktop environments that aren't yet uniform. What I was disappointed with the article though was a lack of attempting to compile their own software. Their two major complaints were missing Google Chrome and an outdated version of Postgres. I know there are some differences with Chrome and Chromium, but they should have been able to compile a new version of Chromium and Postgres.