I said no and Apple said yes

Re:I said no and Apple said yes by andy99 on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @06:42AM (#49799129)

Agree unfortunately. I hate apple, for the same reasons as everyone else, but I have both a MacBook and iPhone and can’t do much about it. It’s like politics a little, you can only choose the least bad, there is no good.

I have a Linux server, and use cloud Linux machines extensively, but at least the last time I checked, Linux desktop sucks. There are always memory management issues, doing a video call makes my fan sound like a jet taking off, not sleeping, put my laptop in my bag and it gets to hot to touch - that’s just off the top of my head, I’ve tried Linux laptops on multiple occasions and they suck.

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Re:I said no and Apple said yes by BoxwoodSeed on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @08:29AM (#49800154)

Next time you try Linux on the laptop, go with Void.

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Re:I said no and Apple said yes by coderedart on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @12:13PM (#49803667)

That's horrible advice. Void serves the niche non-systemd userbase. It will always be worse than mainstream distros curated for desktop audience.

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Re:I said no and Apple said yes by Anonyneko on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @09:14AM (#49800772)

I don't think "use distribution_name" can be a universal advice, the reality of Linux is that you need to research which particular distribution supports your particular hardware well enough. Or try several distributions until you find one that has the least issues.

That, or make hardware compromises and buy a laptop that provides official Linux support, which is likely to have a more Mac/Windows-like experience of things "just working".

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