Iβm running Arch Linux on my MacBook Pro 2014, and itβs so snappy with SwayWM, I donβt see any need for any newer hardware.
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I feel dumb that it took me so long to comprehend it, but, just in case there's anyone else struggling:
This Mac user is running Linux in a virtual machine within a Windows virtual machine ._.
And something inside me seems to be screaming.
The sound feels as though it's emanating from roughly where I used to think my soul would have been.
Never trust someone with the username @satansmaggotycumfart@piefed.world
One of the the best nom de plumes on the internet!
uughhhh
Them again !?
I genuinely thought for a second it was some heretofore unknown to me Linux build that evoked that horrible windows UI
What OS do you use?
Yes.
"All"
Um... did you mean "each"?
I said what I said.
You mean you multi-boot, run one at a time?
No.
It would have been funnier in it was Asahi instead of Ubuntu.
Or Hanna Montana
Open up a VM and run Red Star OS, that should be a lot faster than Ubuntu
Iβm running BSD on my macbook. Itβs solid AF.
Since the XNU kernel is part Mach, part OSFMK, and part FreeBSD, all NeXT machines and all Macs made since the 2000s run BSD.
Yeah, I think thatβs what OP is alluding to. I donβt think pure BSDs like Free or Open have much driver support for Apple hardware. Itβs already enough of a problem with Linux support.
Glad to hear it didn't turn your macbook soft or even, god forbid, liquid.
KDE turned my MacBook plasma!
KDE Liquid is also a thing.