Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs

Post by unethical_ban » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 8:07 PM UTC

totallywrong wrote: post #18

alphanullmeric wrote: post #17

I used to hate on Macs until I was given one by my employer. Then I realized that despite how awful macOS is, the laptop itself is completely unrivalled. There is no Lenovo/xps/framework/tuxbook/tongfang/clevo/whatever that comes close to the overall package of a MacBook. It has the stiffest body, the quietest fans, the biggest battery, the best screen and trackpad, etc. Even worse is the fact that a framework 16 is…

Still rocking a 2015 MBP with Fedora here. Screen, body, keyboard, and trackpad are so good. This news make me consider buying Apple silicon, which I'd never do if I had to use MacOS.

Post by psanford » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 8:11 PM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #3

Battery life would be the big thing, I think. There's not a single person I know who wouldn't like having Linux on their M1/M2 Macbooks--they're beautiful devices--but if you're not getting something approaching MacOS's battery life, then there's not that much separating it from another similarly-specced ultrabook.

Post by starfallg » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 8:27 PM UTC

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #20

maccard wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm perfectly content not having Linux on my M1 MacBook. That said, I don't want that to stop someone else from having it!

I should probably have clarified, there's not a single person I know who uses Linux as their daily driver that wouldn't want the option of having it run on an M1 MacBook. I'll grant that the vast majority of Apple users probably don't care about running Linux on it.

Post by binkHN » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 8:45 PM UTC

alphanullmeric wrote: post #17

I used to hate on Macs until I was given one by my employer. Then I realized that despite how awful macOS is, the laptop itself is completely unrivalled. There is no Lenovo/xps/framework/tuxbook/tongfang/clevo/whatever that comes close to the overall package of a MacBook. It has the stiffest body, the quietest fans, the biggest battery, the best screen and trackpad, etc. Even worse is the fact that a framework 16 is…

Post by alphanullmeric » Wed, Aug 02, 2023, 8:53 PM UTC

andrekandre wrote: post #22

alphanullmeric wrote: post #17

I used to hate on Macs until I was given one by my employer. Then I realized that despite how awful macOS is, the laptop itself is completely unrivalled. There is no Lenovo/xps/framework/tuxbook/tongfang/clevo/whatever that comes close to the overall package of a MacBook. It has the stiffest body, the quietest fans, the biggest battery, the best screen and trackpad, etc. Even worse is the fact that a framework 16 is…

> how awful macOS is just curious, but what parts are awful? customization? or just generally bugs?