Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by pachico on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:14AM (#23389785)

I must disagree with you. I have been installing Linux for people who barely know how to use a mouse and the experience was always successful. Of course, I choose a distro with simple UI and software with GUI every time. I don't want to get into the typical "if my mom gets it everyone can" (also because she is a power user) but trust me, the people I installed it for had the same problems they would have had with any OS (some quite funny).

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by _fullpint on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:30AM (#23389898)

I attempted to but the driver support just wasn’t there for my laptop.

WSL2 works fine and it also means that when I want to game I have a wider selection of games to play.

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by pachico on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:49AM (#23390006)

Yup, I'm not a gamer anymore and when I was I used a PS, true.

Anyhow, my target initiating Linux to wasn't precisely gamers either.

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by tuesday20 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:31AM (#23389907)

What is your preferred distro?

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by pachico on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:47AM (#23389995)

It's been Xubuntu for almost a decade, I think. I tried Lubuntu but, at least at the time, it had no pulse audio which wasn't great. I tried Budgie but it has some paper cut bugs that I couldn't live with (some might).

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