I recently installed Ubuntu on my home 2012 MacBook Pro as an experiment. Before, I used to run Windows. I love the hardware, but MacOS not so much. Everything runs super smooth. I was super...
I recently installed Ubuntu on my home 2012 MacBook Pro as an experiment. Before, I used to run Windows. I love the hardware, but MacOS not so much.
Everything runs super smooth. I was super surprised to what extent Ubuntu just works. Very happy with the switch.
I'm curious what you mean by this. Is it just the homogeneity and ubiquity of MacBook models? Because in the Linux world you might say the same about ThinkPads. I'm my experience a lot of laptops...
some expectations you might have of a Linux system don't apply, because of the way Apple hardware is designed
I'm curious what you mean by this. Is it just the homogeneity and ubiquity of MacBook models? Because in the Linux world you might say the same about ThinkPads.
I'm my experience a lot of laptops work better on Linux (especially Ubuntu and its derivatives) than you might expect. As a technical user this still makes my life easier than harder, since I am not a masochist. Fewer problems is still fewer problems.
Do you have a stable experience with Wayland? I have it installed on my laptop, and occasionally switch to a Sway session just to see how it's faring up, but it's been nothing but buggy for me....
Do you have a stable experience with Wayland? I have it installed on my laptop, and occasionally switch to a Sway session just to see how it's faring up, but it's been nothing but buggy for me. Although it does seem slightly smoother (really, tearing on X has never occured), my mouse just inconsistently freezes or stops working on reboots.
If I don't say "Use KDE Plasma!" at this point I am legally obliged by the KDE eV to pour hot coffee in my lap so: "Use KDE Plasma!" :) EDIT: also you have things like these for Plasma...
If I don't say "Use KDE Plasma!" at this point I am legally obliged by the KDE eV to pour hot coffee in my lap so: "Use KDE Plasma!" :)
I use Elementary OS as my daily driver on my desktop. It's a great OS, and the fact that they are actively pushing to build a platform where developers can actually earn money for their apps is a...
checking out Elementary OS
I use Elementary OS as my daily driver on my desktop. It's a great OS, and the fact that they are actively pushing to build a platform where developers can actually earn money for their apps is a plus in my book. The pay what you feel model is really good, as you can "try before you buy" with any app.
What model of Mac is it? If it's just not getting next year's version of macOS, your current version will still receive security patches for quite a while.
What model of Mac is it? If it's just not getting next year's version of macOS, your current version will still receive security patches for quite a while.
I've been using Linux on my early 2015 MacBook Pro from some time in 2016. I used refind to get my dual boot going. It's actually been very pleasant, I only had a minor issue getting the camera...
I've been using Linux on my early 2015 MacBook Pro from some time in 2016. I used refind to get my dual boot going. It's actually been very pleasant, I only had a minor issue getting the camera recognized but even that works ok now.
I recently installed Ubuntu on my home 2012 MacBook Pro as an experiment. Before, I used to run Windows. I love the hardware, but MacOS not so much.
Everything runs super smooth. I was super surprised to what extent Ubuntu just works. Very happy with the switch.
I'm curious what you mean by this. Is it just the homogeneity and ubiquity of MacBook models? Because in the Linux world you might say the same about ThinkPads.
I'm my experience a lot of laptops work better on Linux (especially Ubuntu and its derivatives) than you might expect. As a technical user this still makes my life easier than harder, since I am not a masochist. Fewer problems is still fewer problems.
Do you have a stable experience with Wayland? I have it installed on my laptop, and occasionally switch to a Sway session just to see how it's faring up, but it's been nothing but buggy for me. Although it does seem slightly smoother (really, tearing on X has never occured), my mouse just inconsistently freezes or stops working on reboots.
If I don't say "Use KDE Plasma!" at this point I am legally obliged by the KDE eV to pour hot coffee in my lap so: "Use KDE Plasma!" :)
EDIT: also you have things like these for Plasma https://store.kde.org/p/1406038/
Yeah its still a way to go. Wayland is a bit of a moving target so things are hard AF but sloooowly things are moving forward
I use Elementary OS as my daily driver on my desktop. It's a great OS, and the fact that they are actively pushing to build a platform where developers can actually earn money for their apps is a plus in my book. The pay what you feel model is really good, as you can "try before you buy" with any app.
What model of Mac is it? If it's just not getting next year's version of macOS, your current version will still receive security patches for quite a while.
I've been using Linux on my early 2015 MacBook Pro from some time in 2016. I used refind to get my dual boot going. It's actually been very pleasant, I only had a minor issue getting the camera recognized but even that works ok now.