Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From macOS To Raspberry Linux

Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by sreeramb93 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:45AM (#35219443)

My main three asks for Ubuntu to replace my mac is -

1. Alternative to magnet or any window management systems that does not require elaborate tmux setup.

2. More adoption of snapstore and auto-updates.

3. Comparable performance and battery life to today's arm laptops.

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by andrewmutz on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:56AM (#35219602)

At least for the first request, Pop OS is a fantastic replacement for the Mac. It the system 76 variant and is based on Ubuntu. I switched last year and have been blown away at how far desktop Linux has come

I use it full time for work and home. Chrome, VS Code and Steam all work flawlessly. It's also nice to be able to develop software in containers without needing any VM layer.

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by freeplay on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:59PM (#35222259)

> 1. Alternative to magnet or any window management systems that does not require elaborate tmux setup.

Try Pop_Os or install Gnome extention on you're current install (https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/)

> 2. More adoption of snapstore and auto-updates.

Flatpak is what you're looking for.

> 3. Comparable performance and battery life to today's arm laptops.

While I agree with this one, I think this is more on the chip and hardware manufacturers.

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