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Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by aaomidi on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:51PM (#25164179)
Not OP but I do recommend PopOS. It's worked really well for me.

The sluggish performance you're getting is honestly probably related to CFS (the default linux process scheduler). Windows does an AMAZING job with scheduling for UI applications. You almost never feel like your computer is struggling because anything UI related gets scheduled first. CFS does not do this.

I've found that changing the scheduler to something that may be less efficient overall, but is aimed at desktop use makes my experience so much better.

Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by tomwojcik on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:57PM (#25164264)
+1 for PopOS. I used to run Manjaro for ~3 years but then I managed to break it. After that I switched to PopOS. Couldnt be happier after over 4 years of using it.
Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by anderspitman on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:01PM (#25164314)
Never heard of Pop before today. Looks cool. Love the built-in tiling functionality. Do they use a different scheduler by default?
Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by aaomidi on Friday November 20, 2020 @09:47PM (#25167520)
Unfortunately they do not. I did end up just installing Xanmod.
Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by vr46 on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:52PM (#25164806)
Looks great. Let me try Arch this weekend and then give PopOS a try.