Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation
by ar_lan on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @12:45PM
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Appreciate the reply.
> There's stuff like iTunes opening every time I connected BT headphones, and regular attempts to nag me into using Safari.
I don't know if these are legacy concerns, but this has not happened to me ever in the past 3 years.
> The window manager with its fullscreen mode and lack of tiling (Spectacle makes that bearable)
Yabai solves this very well.
> the often still manual process of installing and updating apps (maybe I could have used Brew or MacPorts more heavily)
I recommend Nix and Homebrew.
> the inability to debug and fix any OS problems,
How often do you run into this? I just don't really. I remember in my earlier days I did a bit because of some pinned package versions prevalent in macOS but when I switched to using Nix this went away, so I haven't run into any OS issues since... I think Catalina.
> Apple doesn't seem to care even remotely about users like me, and that's perfectly within their rights. The logical thing for me was to use something else.
That's totally fair. I love my MacBook, but I also have not run into the same struggles. I think my experience has been the complete opposite - once I configured it properly, it not only "just works", but I've yet to find a laptop that connects other aspects so seamlessly (AirPods, FaceTime, iMessage, Notes are all killer features in my day-to-day). Additionally, since switching to the M1, I have yet to find a laptop comparable in battery life (speed is generally matched when considering prices).
> There's stuff like iTunes opening every time I connected BT headphones, and regular attempts to nag me into using Safari.
I don't know if these are legacy concerns, but this has not happened to me ever in the past 3 years.
> The window manager with its fullscreen mode and lack of tiling (Spectacle makes that bearable)
Yabai solves this very well.
> the often still manual process of installing and updating apps (maybe I could have used Brew or MacPorts more heavily)
I recommend Nix and Homebrew.
> the inability to debug and fix any OS problems,
How often do you run into this? I just don't really. I remember in my earlier days I did a bit because of some pinned package versions prevalent in macOS but when I switched to using Nix this went away, so I haven't run into any OS issues since... I think Catalina.
> Apple doesn't seem to care even remotely about users like me, and that's perfectly within their rights. The logical thing for me was to use something else.
That's totally fair. I love my MacBook, but I also have not run into the same struggles. I think my experience has been the complete opposite - once I configured it properly, it not only "just works", but I've yet to find a laptop that connects other aspects so seamlessly (AirPods, FaceTime, iMessage, Notes are all killer features in my day-to-day). Additionally, since switching to the M1, I have yet to find a laptop comparable in battery life (speed is generally matched when considering prices).