I’ve used Apple computers my entire life. why I'm never buying one again

Re:I’ve used Apple computers my entire life. why I'm never ... by appleiigs on Thursday November 29, 2018 @02:49PM (#18563309)

Linux has been pain-free for me this year. Ubuntu Budgie and Pop!_OS distros feel polished to me now on my desktop. With Budgie I don't do any config at all. I did do about 15 mins of config with Pop and got it looking and set up exactly how I like it. Settled on Pop as my daily driver.

For a laptop, been using a $300 chromebook. With Crostini I get all my linux apps that I use hassle free. I also use Google Docs and Sheets and Bitbucket for my personal stuff - I switch between my laptop and desktop seamlessly. I use my work Citrix if have to work from home (eg. MS Office).

Nothing on my Mac that I miss.

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Re:I’ve used Apple computers my entire life. why I'm never ... by marrone12 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @03:32PM (#18563692)

That's cool. I have a small (11") windows laptop that I put Ubuntu on and it took me a bit to have all the display settings to work properly, especially with HiDPI and weird scaling. Nothing ever looked quite right for me.

I had a chromebook for a bit and I really loved it but felt too uneasy with Google having 100% supervision over all of my internet activities.

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Re:I’ve used Apple computers my entire life. why I'm never ... by appleiigs on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:17PM (#18564099)

Yes, dealing with HiDPI is one of the configs I did have to do. I have Pop on another laptop and I kept scaling at 100%, but increased font size by 1.5x via gnome-tweaks. Annoying to have to do it, but it's a one time adjustment and doesn't look frankenstein to me. The 1.5x font adjustment is just one input box via settings tab - not messing with terminal.

I've made peace with the google privacy issues. The convenience made me more pragmatic instead of idealistic, but I hear you.

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