Is it not possible to run linux on the recent MacBook Pro's?
One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
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Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
The XM3s support the AAC codec too, [0] as that's the codec iPhones use (iPhones don't support aptX or LDAC). Does macOS not support AAC? [0] https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm3/v1/en/contents/TP00...
I have never been able to get it to negotiate AAC on OSX, though technically it does support it. iPhone works fine. Even still LDAC seems superior from my comparison to my Android and iPhone audio. See this thread for some discussion on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/bion53/force_macos_t...
I think LDAC should be expected to sound better than AAC or aptX, looking at that Sony.net page. Did you mean SBC?
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#203If only Thinkpads had good OLED displays as an option.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dell also sells an XPS “Developer Edition” with Ubuntu pre-installed and officially supported, and Lenovo recently announced a range of workstations and Thinkpads being certified to support Ubuntu and Fedora. There’s also Purism that created a custom PureOS to closely fit their custom hardware, eg. a TPM designed for user security instead of vendor lock-in.
> fit their custom hardware, eg. a TPM designed for user security instead of vendor lock-in. Just here to point out that they use a standard commercial off-the-shelf TPM manufactured by Infineon. It's not custom hardware. As with all TPMs, it is the firmware/OS that decides whether to use it for lock-in purposes or freedom.
I think the firmware is custom (and of course it’s the nexus of hardware and software, so exactly the part that OEMs can best provide the user unique value through. System76 and Pine64 (and I think Purism) provide open source firmware you can reflash yourself for custom keyboard layouts, firmware killswitches, etc., though System76’s hardware itself seems very off-the-self (Clevo white-label). (Edit: And I think Purism Librems overall design with hardware killswitches, etc. are custom ofc.)
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#205I recently purchased a 16” MBP despite significant personal concerns over the future of MacOS, being a strong open source advocate and Linux paying my mortgage. I did this ultimately for a few reasons. MacOS lets me run Adobe (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc), Fusion360, has a good terminal (iTerm and zsh unix like shell) and Logic. Mac hardware is still some of the best in the business, no other vendors seem to be able to…
"It just works with external displays" - ಠ_ಠ
One USB-C cable into an LG USB-C monitor. I'm not saying there aren't issues with MacOS and external displays but my experience on a daily basis is consistently good.
The same cannot be said for my experience docking and undocking the T480s with the same monitor and cable.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find my dual-core 2013 to still be alright if I SSH into a six-core NUC to work. Visual Studio Code makes this super easy to do and almost exactly the same as working locally, it can be done without it too. I used a remote VM this way as well for about 9 months while wondering what to buy and on wired connection it was also pretty seamless. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh
I use remote VMs too, but they aren't good for FinalCut Pro and Ableton Live.
Have you tried Thunderbolt accessories? You should be able to add NVMe storage and AMD graphics that might speed things up. I couldn't try this out because I have an nVidia eGPU, but using Apple's TB2-to-TB3 adaptor I can actually game quite acceptably in Bootcamp.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#207I am also running Linux on Thinkpad (Debian unstable on T440s). As to the battery life, this typically requires some work but I found it is generally possible to get good battery life. I am able to get my T440s to run for total 24 hours with the highest option 9-cell, the built in 3-cell and another 3-cell that came original with the laptop. This I did to be able to work on a long yacht cruise with no extra power and…
Getting excellent battery life on Linux nowadays should be as simple as installing the "tlp" (the laptop project) package. I can't compare to a Mac, but I use both Thinkpad and Latitude and on both get better battery life on Debian than colleagues on Windows 10 (also and related: much less fan noise...). Now he complains about battery life after one year. There is a Thinkpad feature that helps a lot: one can limit th…
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Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
The XM3s support the AAC codec too, [0] as that's the codec iPhones use (iPhones don't support aptX or LDAC). Does macOS not support AAC? [0] https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/wh1000xm3/v1/en/contents/TP00...
I have never been able to get it to negotiate AAC on OSX, though technically it does support it. iPhone works fine. Even still LDAC seems superior from my comparison to my Android and iPhone audio. See this thread for some discussion on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/bion53/force_macos_t...
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Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#209I recently purchased a 16” MBP despite significant personal concerns over the future of MacOS, being a strong open source advocate and Linux paying my mortgage. I did this ultimately for a few reasons. MacOS lets me run Adobe (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc), Fusion360, has a good terminal (iTerm and zsh unix like shell) and Logic. Mac hardware is still some of the best in the business, no other vendors seem to be able to…
how can you be an open source advocate and still work with adobe & friends? - no question on the quality/productivity of those, just on your argument. A more consistent argument would’ve been: “open source advocate, Gimp, Inkscape and others run even better on my mac than on linux” (would disagree on that, but at least it would be a more consistent argument)
One can be an open source advocate and still not be a closed source detractor, recognising the usefulness and/or quality of some proprietary software.
Things are not manichaean zero sum game.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#210Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have never been able to get it to negotiate AAC on OSX, though technically it does support it. iPhone works fine. Even still LDAC seems superior from my comparison to my Android and iPhone audio. See this thread for some discussion on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/bion53/force_macos_t...
I think LDAC should be expected to sound better than AAC or aptX, looking at that Sony.net page. Did you mean SBC?
No, I meant AAC. The XM3s do not seem to negotiate AAC over BT on OSX. They fall back to SBC and obviously sound bad. AAC would be a step up, but AptX HD or LDAC would be ideal.
They work fine in my case on both iPhone and Android.
So as I was saying I'm tempted to move back to Linux for my work laptop for LDAC over BT support as well as other reasons of course.