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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by richardisaguy@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

No, android does not count.

Is there anyone who daily drives Linux on apple silicon or other ARM hardware? If so, then how is your experience, would you recommend it?

For at least 3 years, I've been wanting to get an apple silicon mac to daily drive Linux on, lately I've been seriously considering getting one of these machines, or even other ARM hardware, like the thinkpad x13s or even the new Qualcomm laptops.

I'm pretty much sold on a used macbook air m1 at this point, but I still wish to hear what other people have to say

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[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly if you buy a Mac give macOS a try. It’s Unix based so you’ll feel at home in the command line. It doesn’t come with a command line package manager but there are two popular ones you can install (homebrew and macports).

[-] Violet_McQuasional@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

I did this. Was a ThinkPad Linuxer for years and now I just use an M1 for sysadmin/programming/web/vids. Quite happy to just use Linux on my servers these days. MacOS does the job nicely on laptop. I suppose it depends on how FOSS you want to be.

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

It’s amazing. You press one button on a new out of box Mac and you’re in a zsh!

Also, sleep and suspend just work.

[-] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I think the thing I *adore* in MacOS is the fact that it comes with ZSH preconfigured.

[-] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

No, the fact that it comes with ZSH (OOTB), period.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Mine sure doesn't. I send it to sleep (since you can't send it directly to hibernate like a normal OS), and the next day the battery is empty and it won't start. This happens about once a month, and I haven't found the common variable yet.

[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Aww, that sucks.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

nix-darwin is kind of nice too, but only really for CLI tools. You can let nix-darwin manage your homebrew for GUI stuff, if you want.

I'd still take linux if I could though. macOS is just work mandated.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

I can’t move the close maximize minimize buttons to the top right so MacOS is dead to me on arrival.

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