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So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

TransAMrit wrote: post #3

> Recently I’ve just found myself disenchanted with Apple in a way similar to how I felt maybe twelve years earlier with Microsoft, when I switched to Linux the first time. This is exactly why I've been switching back to Linux everywhere, including laptops. Apple has done a pretty good job recreating the modern Windows experience.

Same thing happened to me. I chose a top-end Pixelbook that runs Debian in a container (termed "Crostini" on chromebooks). I've had some issues, but Crostini continues to improve with every chromeos release, and I really like the hardware.

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by sam0x17 »

All of that said, what's with the bright manila color theme? There are plenty of people using i3 with a particularly awesome looking setup. Now macos and windows people are going to see this manila paper theme and think, that looks like 90's crap, fuck linux. So that's great :/

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by uvee »

I've been running Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome) on my Dell XPS 13 for a while now and its been working quite well. My biggest concern was mobility, like attaching it to different DPI monitors and have things work well still. With Gnome as my shell, it has been keeping up quite well with the expectations (except some programs not picking up changes right, e.g. IntelliJ).

I had moved off of OSX after the new gen of MacBookPros were unusable for me. I was using Windows + WSL for a while but eventually decided to give Linux a try. Things have been quite smooth really. Since most of my dev is around docker etc. it feels like home (not that OSX Docker experience was bad, Windows I can't say).

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by sonnyblarney »

brightball wrote: post #4

Good new take on the migrating to Linux articles. The PureOS setup is pretty cool. I'm 2 years on pure Linux after about 10 years on Mac, so it definitely gets my endorsement as well. Haven't written up anything about it yet but the experience has been very smooth.

Can you recommend a write up that compares various flavours.

I like the notion of going Linux but frankly I have no love or will for the hiccups. I just want stuff to work.

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by teddyc »

I resurrected a little NUC computer from a former employee. It has 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD drive. It runs Ubuntu 18.10 fine. The display port runs my 4k monitor @ 60Hz.

I bought a USB bluetooth dongle and the smallest microphone I could find on the internet so I can use my old bluetooth mouse and do audio conference calls.

I am really loving it for Docker based development b/c it feels like it runs a lot faster.

I also love the Home, End PgUp and PgDn keys. Keyboard shortcuts are tough. As is muscle memory going back and forth.

My goal is to keep my macbook in my backpack and never take it out during the workday. On most days, that's what happens.

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by giancarlostoro »

dwighttk wrote: post #12
TransAMrit wrote: post #3

> Recently I’ve just found myself disenchanted with Apple in a way similar to how I felt maybe twelve years earlier with Microsoft, when I switched to Linux the first time. This is exactly why I've been switching back to Linux everywhere, including laptops. Apple has done a pretty good job recreating the modern Windows experience.

I feel like I'd be much more open to Linux if I spent most of my time in emacs, but since I've spent like 8 minutes in emacs and about 14hrs in vim and have very little desire to increase either of those numbers, it only takes a small dose of Linux to re-enchant myself with Apple.

Why do you insist on using Emacs? Also why do you switch to VIM? I feel I'm missing context.

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by javajosh »

This might be weird, but what I want is something like a real TempleOS. Maybe something like a kernel and all the apps are written in Rebol, where the whole base system including window manager is 1MB max and you can easily, instantly drop into a mode where you can edit anything down to memory and CPU registers.

It seems to me that what the Linux desktop gives you is a bad compromise between this hackers paradise (which isn't very practical and very productive in one quirky mode) and a software developers paradise (quite practical and productive in a wide variety of modes). The right solution is a late 2016 MBPr (the one with magsafe and SD card and good keyboard), and a Thinkpad with my fantasy RebolOS running on it.

Re: So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

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Post by pram »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #23

I find the fetish for terminal-based music players a bit odd. I associate terminals with doing work , so the idea of having one whose sole purpose is playing music (presumably in the background while you do other stuff) to feel like a waste of screen real-estate and something I'm likely to accidentally pull up while trying to cycle between my other terminal windows where I'm doing stuff. I much prefer something that…

Ah but how else are you going to have enough stuff open in tmux to impress people with your screenshot on r/unixporn
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