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1. Linux isn't a panacea for depreciated hardware, and it never will be. 2. If your priority is system lifespan, you are already using OEM macOS.

by bigyabai 11mo ago

Forgeties79 11mo ago
Never said it was “panacea for depreciated hardware.” I’m saying it’s a common use case. Every thread about Linux inevitably someone says “it gave new life to my [older computer model].” We’ve all seen it countless times.
- Forgeties79 11mo ago
  And there it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387364
  - bigyabai 11mo ago
    It's a common use-case for x86 machines that implement UEFI. Taking the iPhone and iPad into account, it is a nonexistent use-case for mobile ARM chipset owners.
    - Forgeties79 11mo ago
      >taking the iPhone and iPad into account This post is about the MacBook Air M2. The discussion has been about silicon MacBooks - laptops - from the start.
    - swiftcoder 11mo ago
      I know you may have a particular axe to grind here, but Android devices are not a whole lot more likely to let you boot a vanilla linux distro. Apart from a handful of explicitly linux-compatible smartphones, the boot loaders tend to be pretty locked down, and the drivers all propietrary too
yjftsjthsd-h 11mo ago
1. I dunno about a panacea, but it's pretty great for old hardware. My 2011 desktop still runs Alpine Linux just fine. 2. By all means start with macOS, but eventually Apple will stop supporting your machine. And y'know what will still work and get updates then? Linux.
- bigyabai 11mo ago
  > but it's pretty great for old hardware Which old hardware? You're circling around to the grandparent's point again; Linux support is hardware dependent. > And y'know what will still work and get updates then? No, I don't. Depreciated iPads lay dead in piles, and they don't run Linux for shit. You want me to believe the M4 will graduate to the big leagues?

1. Linux isn't a panacea for depreciated hardware, and it never will be. 2. If your priority is system lifespan, you are already using OEM macOS.

Forgeties79 11mo ago

Never said it was “panacea for depreciated hardware.” I’m saying it’s a common use case. Every thread about Linux inevitably someone says “it gave new life to my [older computer model].” We’ve all seen it countless times.

Forgeties79 11mo ago
And there it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387364
- bigyabai 11mo ago
  It's a common use-case for x86 machines that implement UEFI. Taking the iPhone and iPad into account, it is a nonexistent use-case for mobile ARM chipset owners.
  - Forgeties79 11mo ago
    >taking the iPhone and iPad into account This post is about the MacBook Air M2. The discussion has been about silicon MacBooks - laptops - from the start.
  - swiftcoder 11mo ago
    I know you may have a particular axe to grind here, but Android devices are not a whole lot more likely to let you boot a vanilla linux distro. Apart from a handful of explicitly linux-compatible smartphones, the boot loaders tend to be pretty locked down, and the drivers all propietrary too

yjftsjthsd-h 11mo ago

1. I dunno about a panacea, but it's pretty great for old hardware. My 2011 desktop still runs Alpine Linux just fine. 2. By all means start with macOS, but eventually Apple will stop supporting your machine. And y'know what will still work and get updates then? Linux.

bigyabai 11mo ago
> but it's pretty great for old hardware Which old hardware? You're circling around to the grandparent's point again; Linux support is hardware dependent. > And y'know what will still work and get updates then? No, I don't. Depreciated iPads lay dead in piles, and they don't run Linux for shit. You want me to believe the M4 will graduate to the big leagues?