Re:Why are developers switching from Mac OS X to Linux?
by John23832 on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @08:20AM
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> To this date I really don't think there's a polished GUI/WM that can compete with OSX.
Elementary Os is probably the closest, imo.
> And that's ignoring the hardware aspect altogether. Yes, you can buy some very solid machines now, but every review I read about Mac-killer laptop hardware ends with a bunch of things that just don't work as well as a MBP.
I think the ideal linux setup would be a slightly older MPB with a good distro running on it. Prob Ubuntu for compatibility.
Elementary Os is probably the closest, imo.
> And that's ignoring the hardware aspect altogether. Yes, you can buy some very solid machines now, but every review I read about Mac-killer laptop hardware ends with a bunch of things that just don't work as well as a MBP.
I think the ideal linux setup would be a slightly older MPB with a good distro running on it. Prob Ubuntu for compatibility.