Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon?
by perryizgr8 on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:58AM
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You have your preferences about UI and GUI and that's ok. But 40Hz screen and non-working brightness controls are a non-starter for any but the most dedicated users. 144Hz is common on decent laptops nowadays, along with automatic brightness.
To me, this trade-off is very simple.
Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon?
by pmontra on Monday November 30, 2020 @06:48AM
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As I wrote, it's very subjective. I've been working at 40 Hz for 2 years and I didn't notice the difference. I press windows-fn-F9/F10 instead of only fn-F9/F10, not a big deal. Automatic brightness control as on phones? I would probably disable that anyway.
By the way, brightness control didn't work in 2014, then started working, then it stopped working again. Kernel versions / NVIDIA drivers, who knows.
Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon?
by skinkestek on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:08AM
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Exactly this.
For many of us the disadvantages of using Linux are tiny compared to the advantages:
- from 30-50% faster compiles (vs Windows)
- instant git (vs Windows)
- choice of Desktop environment (vs both)
- choice of hardware (vs Mac)
BTW I do use Windows and MacOS a few times per month, via remote desktop to run two programs of a customer that only run there. Not a complete experience but add to it some continued (Windows) or sketchy (Mac) use of those OSes from their very first release (80s / 90s).
I'm trading those two nuisances, one very small, the other invisible, for other much larger problems
1. Not using Windows, which is a pretty much horrible experience. Good for gaming, which I don't care anymore on a PC, bad UX (and I don't mean only the GUI.) And I'm targeting Linux servers anyway.
2. MacOS and it's top bar and the menu at the top. It was OK on the very first Mac because the screen was so tiny that it actually saved space. It was perplexing or infuriating when the screens got larger. Unfortunately it stuck and it will be like this forever. And Macs don't have physical buttons on the touchpad.
So I'm happy with my Gnome desktop, configured with: the top bar at the bottom merged with a Windows like task bar, no dock, hotkeys to swap virtual desktop by customer project, no animations, visible permanent scrollbars (but I show only their outline on the background color of their window.)