Moving from Macbook to Linux

Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by rektide on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:21PM (#25164517)

> I got into Linux when I was younger because I thought it was cool, and I had plenty of time to fix it when things broke.

> What I'm trying to communicate is, Linux desktop is usable, and it's worth pushing over the hump.

Huge fan of all of the above.

I do think though that now desktops are less inherently compelling than they used to be. They used to represent a center of activity, a locus of control for the user.

Now, a very sizable % of our computing is off in far away clouds, & the desktop itself is a less compelling, less interesting place to invest time.

My hope is that the Free Desktop / Linux world can begin to grow new roots, become more connected, & return to a little bit more of a place of prominence & relevance. Lots of visioneering & pioneering & engineering to do.

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Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by FireBeyond on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:22PM (#25165143)

Very true. For me, I still spend most of my time on a desktop (well a Mac Pro, so 'workstation'), but I acknowledge my use case is different from many. I have access to both cloud and DC resources, but for sheer immediacy (and not shuffling lots of data around, is hard for me to beat local (building build and test infrastructure for managed OpenStack installs).

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