I've done this and one thing to consider is Linux has terrible power management. Linux sucks battery life even out of the best configured laptops. I'll probably move back to mac.
Moving from Macbook to Linux
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#322What are the best metal construction laptops to run Linux on? I really prefer Apple's unibody hardware to any plastic shell laptops I've seen.
I'm especially partial to MacOS, but honestly they're great machines.
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I think desk setups are underrated. I got (a relatively cheap) one this March and the difference is touchable. I went the gamers way: Gamer keyboard, Gamer Mouse + pad, 3 screens, AMD for processor, nvme and also ArchLinux. Needless to say, I can no longer work on macOS or an Apple device. The speeds you get with a bare-bone install and a window manager are unparalleled.
I went down the same route and wouldn’t change a thing. The difference really is striking. Just curious, as I’m looking to upgrade the processor that I bought - are AMD processors widely known as being better than Intel? Not trying to start an argument about which is better, I’m just genuinely curious as I have no idea as I’m not a gamer and have always gone for Intel processors.
I'm not sure what you do, so you should check. I do web dev + Rust, and so far I have had no issues.
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> That future looks extremely scary. What can we do, now, as developers ? Stop buying, using, and supporting the Apple ecosystem. Vote with your money. The new chips are faster. So what? The laptop you have today works fine, you don't need the latest and greatest hardware.
i code iOS (native) app for a living. I'm already stuck developing for the app store, using xcode to sign and deploy, using a programming language (that i love) swift that only really works on mac OS. My personal situation isn't going to change anytime soon unfortunately. I was about to dump my iphone next time i had to pick one (and keep my current one for testing), however my laptop is my work computer. I think "st…
Make an extra effort to learn something else and move away. If you are already making a living by building ios apps, you're smart enough to be a developer in any other ecosystem.
I have a co-worker that was in your exact same situation and just by showing interest in the devops world and sitting next to them and expressing his interest in that area he managed to just move there and now he loves it. You might find something similar, it just takes will, courage and effort.
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#325Earlier quoted context omitted.
I went down the same route and wouldn’t change a thing. The difference really is striking. Just curious, as I’m looking to upgrade the processor that I bought - are AMD processors widely known as being better than Intel? Not trying to start an argument about which is better, I’m just genuinely curious as I have no idea as I’m not a gamer and have always gone for Intel processors.
I'm not sure what you do, so you should check. I do web dev + Rust, and so far I have had no issues.
The latest top of the line AMD gaming CPUs seem to beat out the last top of the line Intel gaming CPUs on almost all games. You can also get more cores for the same price on AMD, and they bench much higher on e.g. 3D rendering, so AMD should be faster for dev work, too.
Gamers Nexus is a pretty good YouTube channel with detailed benchmarks, but there are others, too.
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#326For a painless start with moving from Mac/Apple to Linux I would suggest Ubuntu Mate on ZFS install with Cupertino layout.
Example here:
https://www.bitblokes.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/01_cuper...
I would suggest ElementaryOS but they still haven't find a way to provide icons on the desktop.
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#327sweet. i'm looking forward to reading this. So sick of apple.
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#328Reading all the "improvement" table of content reminds me why I left Linux.
> Here’s my guide for how to improve the Linux desktop experience: Distro, Battery life, Scaling, Mouse, CTRL Key, Shortcuts, Multitouch Gestures, Gifs and screenshots (peek and flameshot), Emoji Keyboard, Clipboard Manager, Password Manager, xournal
Tbh, at this point, I don't know why on earth I would switch away from Windows and macOS. Ya I know the stupid macOS things that Apple is doing. But hey, at least the scaling and mouse work out of the box!
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I just find that kind of surprising because I have used Ubuntu for the past 8 or so years, in the cloud and on the desktop, and I have not run into a single issue like this.
I mean, I'm comfortable accepting that I'm an edge case and have the worst luck with linux installations ever, but I still think there's so many things that regularly go wrong (even for people that aren't me), that it's definitely not in contention for regular people's daily drivers.
Really? Like what? I mean linux is the backbone of the internet. I think of it as extremely predictable and rock-solid. Describing it as an os where "so many things that regularly go wrong" seems like a totally foreign concept to me.
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#330Reading all the "improvement" table of content reminds me why I left Linux. > Here’s my guide for how to improve the Linux desktop experience: Distro, Battery life, Scaling, Mouse, CTRL Key, Shortcuts, Multitouch Gestures, Gifs and screenshots (peek and flameshot), Emoji Keyboard, Clipboard Manager, Password Manager, xournal Tbh, at this point, I don't know why on earth I would switch away from Windows and macOS. Ya…
> a I know the stupid macOS things that Apple is doing. But hey, at least the scaling and mouse work out of the box!
I hate these random 'anecdotes' because guess what; the mouse and scaling work on my Linux box out of the box too and I get to own my machine and not deal with Windows adware or Apple trying to scare me from running what I want and lock everything down.
But I guess not being able to launch any non-Apple app because Apple's servers are overloaded counts as zero hassle to you.