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Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years (go.theregister.com)
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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know how to install Linux in my MacBook Pro 2014 without fucking up macOS, I do have Win10 installed already with Bootcamp, so this LTSC version already looks more interesting to me than any of the Linux flavors.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Did you attempt to look it up?

[–] smort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah I did install Linux (Mint) on my MacBook Pro 2014. Maybe three months ago. Do. Not. Recommend.

It installed fine. I had to search and install three or four drivers. Fine. But getting the webcam to work was a jumble of mismatched, often contradictory tools and instructions. After lots of hacky attempts, I finally got off-color, blocky, low frame rate video out of it. And there was one other aspect—maybe sleeping—where I tried a bunch of shit and never got it to work. Not to mention it was slower doing comparable tasks vs. MacOS

I have two other Linux machines in the house. They work great for what they need to do. But it’s not the right tool for every application, and anyone who says it is is just being silly.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Comparing your experience with macOS would be a bit unfair, how about with Windows?

For example I can tell the sleep feature works better in macOS than Win10... Battery backup as well...

[–] smort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I wouldn’t know, I haven’t tried it with windows. Only Mac and Linux

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Once several years ago, I needed to use 3rd party tools and I wasn't too confident to mess up with the MacBook, which is considerably more locked than previous laptops I have ever used, that is why I wanted to stay in the Boot Camp field.