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"You can even get /dev/kvm inside a Linux VM on an M3 or later running macOS 15, which runs Firecracker unmodified." I'm very confused why any SWE is on a M1 or M2 Mac. I've always gotten a new machine at $CORP every 2 years...
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On the contrary it (faster Surface Go 2) was one of the most practical little machines I’ve ever used, and was really impressive in Windows 11. I am totally happy to lay the blame for the poor trackpad performance in Gnome/Wayland on the software, because the hardware was super. Absent that problem I would have used it for almost anything and I loved taking it on trains and to coffee shops; Apple has no equivalent ma…
"Success in MacOS” also has constrained hardware choices :) > That’s fine but I think the Linux world pretends the situation is better. The only thing comparable is Microsoft. Nothing else comes close to trying to support the variety of hardware and software from different places.
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On the contrary it (faster Surface Go 2) was one of the most practical little machines I’ve ever used, and was really impressive in Windows 11. I am totally happy to lay the blame for the poor trackpad performance in Gnome/Wayland on the software, because the hardware was super. Absent that problem I would have used it for almost anything and I loved taking it on trains and to coffee shops; Apple has no equivalent ma…
> But you’re making the point for me. Success in Linux involves either tinkering or constrained hardware choices, even now. That’s fine but I think the Linux world pretends the situation is better. Have you heard of this new Windows thing that everyone's going on about? Almost nothing supports it out of the box and it's just all tinkering - and that's for something you have to pay a lot of money for. You're equally h…
This is now a circular argument.
As I said, a Mac is a Mac is a Mac. Nobody is arguing it is otherwise.
That's the whole point of the thread I was replying to.
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> But you’re making the point for me. Success in Linux involves either tinkering or constrained hardware choices, even now. That’s fine but I think the Linux world pretends the situation is better. Have you heard of this new Windows thing that everyone's going on about? Almost nothing supports it out of the box and it's just all tinkering - and that's for something you have to pay a lot of money for. You're equally h…
> You're equally hardware-constrained with Apple too. Can you find me an Apple laptop with four "proper" USB ports, a Displayport socket, and swappable battery? This is now a circular argument. As I said, a Mac is a Mac is a Mac. Nobody is arguing it is otherwise. That's the whole point of the thread I was replying to.
Okay, and a Mac is no use. You're locked into a software ecosystem that no-one uses and you have exceptionally limited hardware.
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Sorry about that - just pushed a fix :)
Are there any technical reasons to override native scrolling functionality in the first place?
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Hacker News is so utterly detached from reality at times, and comments like these really drive that home.
Thought I was tripping, someone made the same point today in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49381236
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No, they're realists. Plus show me an off the shelf solution to MDM that exists in the Linux space? (Not too mention an easy to buy consumer devices which supports suspend/resume correctly in 2026, not even Windows can do that any more) Apple is crap and evil about many things, but at least here they know their paying audience...
> MDM Linux Jumpcloud, I've used it across Windows / Mac / Linux end user desktops and laptop fleets. https://jumpcloud.com/lp/cross-os-device-management-fava-bea...