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Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by xerox13ster »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #29
greenavocado wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Besides the 12+ hour battery life which is only achievable with ARM processors, everything described can be accomplished easily for the typical slightly above average computer user with Kubuntu today. I installed latest Kubuntu on my old 2015 MacBook Pro and it runs ice cold now when playing YouTube videos with Firefox whereas before it ran hot even with a Mac fan control app

So everything but good battery life is achievable on a portable device? “Besides that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?” This isn’t 2015… ARM Macs have been out for six years

Come on, buddy, at this point, nobody could take you seriously.

You are attributing to the software and OS a difference that exists because of hardware.

You can’t seriously sit here and say Linux battery life on x86 doesn’t reach your par when you’re comparing it to a completely different computing architecture.

You’re comparing apples to oranges and complaining the oranges are more sour than the apples.

Run Asahi Linux and tell me how it goes.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by bee_rider »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #83
al_borland wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it so odd that Apple put so much weight behind the VisionOS design, rolling it out to all platforms, considering so few people have Vision Pro. The justification for bringing some iOS ideas to macOS made sense, because everyone knows how to use iOS and is familiar with those conventions. I’m curious if we’ll see another major shift with the new deign lead, or if the higher ups will want to run with Liquid Glas…

> I find it so odd that Apple put so much weight behind the VisionOS design, rolling it out to all platforms, considering so few people have Vision Pro. I suspect they began working on Liquid Glass before the Vision Pro was publicly unveiled, so they didn't know what the public response would be. What I honestly find more baffling is that they thought the Vision Pro would sell well. It just isn't a good product. Perh…

I thought I saw various comments to the effect that the Vision Pro is just a developer thing to bootstrap the app ecosystem, a prelude to a real consumer product. But if that is the case I’m slightly confused as to why they aren’t sharing more of their roadmap…

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by xerox13ster »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #87
xerox13ster wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not sure what your point is? You were ahead of the curve on displays and behind the curve on phones and I guess congrats on the 2e start, I had an early Mac. What does this have to do with the price of CPU cycles in clamshell PCs? You abstained until ARM because you could see the future and you knew that the specs you demanded we’re gonna be available eventually?

My point is that because something is acceptable before something else came along better doesn’t mean it’s acceptable now. Would you have been okay if Android phones had still been BlackBerry clones 7 years after the iPhone came out?

I don’t know what to say to that other than I pity that mindset.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by 1over137 »

blauditore wrote: post #73
toddmorey wrote: post #9

Commercial OSes (both Windows and MacOS) now feel so insanely agenda driven, and the agenda no longer feels like anything close to making the user happy and productive. For Mac, it feels like Apple wants to leverage what came out of VisionOS and unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop--two things no one asked for. For Windows, it feels like ads for their partners and ensuring they don't fumble the ai/agent tran…

>unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop Lol, that's what Microsoft tried 10+ years ago and everybody gave them shit for it, especially Apple fans. Now Apple is "inventing" this again.

Lots of Apple fans are giving Apple shit for it now too.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by rpdillon »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #29
greenavocado wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Besides the 12+ hour battery life which is only achievable with ARM processors, everything described can be accomplished easily for the typical slightly above average computer user with Kubuntu today. I installed latest Kubuntu on my old 2015 MacBook Pro and it runs ice cold now when playing YouTube videos with Firefox whereas before it ran hot even with a Mac fan control app

So everything but good battery life is achievable on a portable device? “Besides that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?” This isn’t 2015… ARM Macs have been out for six years

I think what you're running into is that you have a different attitude than some of us do about technology. I've been using computers for a very long time as well, but I don't feel a sense of entitlement to the latest and greatest features because it often comes with other compromises regarding freedom and control. Because Linux is several years behind Windows and Mac in terms of adopting those technologies, there is an evergreen argument in every thread about Linux which boils down to "Why can't it do this thing from the last four years?"

This is uniformly tiring and uninteresting. I've been using 1920x1080 displays for 25 years and they're just fine. A retina display is not necessary to do anything that I need. Similarly with these requirements about particular thermals and particular battery lifetime. I can buy a battery and I can find a wall outlet.

You're comparing not having those features to having your husband assassinated during a play. But I don't think a lack of those features ruins the computing experience the way having your husband assassinated would ruin the play. The thing that ruins the play for me is when they chain me to my seat and tell me I have to watch the whole thing while they pin my eyelids open. And that's how I feel about using Windows or Mac OS.

So to turn your original comment around, Windows and Mac OS can call me when they allow me to configure my system as I see fit, and not shove ads for their auxiliary services in my face every time I try to start a program or modify a setting.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by 1over137 »

bee_rider wrote: post #92
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I find it so odd that Apple put so much weight behind the VisionOS design, rolling it out to all platforms, considering so few people have Vision Pro. I suspect they began working on Liquid Glass before the Vision Pro was publicly unveiled, so they didn't know what the public response would be. What I honestly find more baffling is that they thought the Vision Pro would sell well. It just isn't a good product. Perh…

I thought I saw various comments to the effect that the Vision Pro is just a developer thing to bootstrap the app ecosystem, a prelude to a real consumer product. But if that is the case I’m slightly confused as to why they aren’t sharing more of their roadmap…

Since when does Apple share their roadmap of anything? They have been super-secretive for decades.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by einpoklum »

freedomben wrote: post #31
antennafirepla wrote: post #18

For not much prior research, he sure has done a lot of prior research to even know about desktop environments or bootloaders compared to your average windows user. This article read like every other promising Linux is user friendly and easy, then proceeding with the author fixing issues the average user wouldn’t be able to even diagnose. I think anyone technically savvy enough to follow the article is already aware L…

If you get someone to help you with the installation, or buy a pre-installed Linux, then yes I believe this to be true. I only have anecdotal evidence, but I have my dad who is very non-tech savvy who after about a day with gnome actually said it's the first desktop environment that he liked more than Windows 95. There has been one time in 5 years that he had to reach out for technical assistance. It turned out that…

> after about a day with gnome actually said it's the first desktop environment that he liked more than Windows 95.

You have to choose that?

I'm a long-time Linux user, and I don't like GNOME better as a desktop environment. I'll take a Windows 95-like desktop UI over GNOME any day of the week...

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by vlod »

0xperke wrote: post #44

For all who switched to Linux: which distro did you choose and why? Fedora: wanted to have the newest kernel and updates due to new hardware - so far i am really satisfied; the only issue i have is that the printer does not work everytime… as a workaround i print with my iphone instead.

PopOS is what I've picked (using it ~6 years). Their new distribution is called Cosmic (Wayland). They've moved away from Gnome to a rust based Iced.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by MegaDeKay »

IgorPartola wrote: post #6

Back in the days of Unity I decided to make a full switch to Linux and it just worked. The UX was unfamiliar but it had a cohesiveness that made sense. I use macOS for the past 10 years as my main system (work stuff needs Mac-specific things) but switching to a decent Linux distro would honestly feel like an upgrade. Windows continues being a shitshow and I want nothing to do with it. What I think could really push L…

> What I think could really push Linux desktop forward is if various PC gaming influencers started doing content on how to game on Linux. Given that it is not just viable now but actively sometimes better than on Windows it would make for good content AND show people an alternative.

Not exactly what you are looking for, but Gamers Nexus at 2.57M subscribers is working on Linux Gaming Benchmarks with help from Wendel at Level1Techs [0]. Steve bemoans the shitshow that Windows has become all the time.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOx4_8ajZ8

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