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Re:The End of OS X by willtim on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:57PM (#23620874)
This is anecdotal. My own anecdote is that we've had far more trouble with my wife's MacBook than my NixOS ThinkPad which just works, even after upgrades.

The Linux experience depends on the distribution, software and hardware you choose. You need to choose carefully.

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Re:The End of OS X by enjeyw on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:14PM (#23623174)
> you need to choose carefully.

So here’s the interesting part; can you recommend a distro that is universally the right choice for dev work?

If yes, please tell - I’d love to know!

If the answer is “well it depends a lot on your needs” that’s kinda the point of MacOS right? The fact that making the right distro choice requires serious thought is already problematic (hypothetically)

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Re:The End of OS X by willtim on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:27AM (#23624740)
You do have a point, with Mac the choices have been made for you. I guess the most mac-like distro is probably Ubuntu. If you pick the LTS, you might even have a smoother ride than the macOS yearly updates.
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