I've got only one machine left running Windows 10 at home: a desktop PC I use exclusively for gaming. I increasingly look forward to purging Windows from it and installing Bazzite when the EOL date comes around.
Decker108
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I have to daily drive a Mac for work, and it's a constant pain. Fortunately, there are signs that the PC world is catching up with Apple hardware, most recently in the form of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 series CPUs. The Linux support isn't there yet, but it's likely just a matter of time before we too can enjoy excellent battery life and great performance.
I hear the Linux community on Microsoft GitHub is pretty big too these days.
If you have a Smart Bed^TM^, Linux might even be in your bed.
Oracle Linux. It makes sense in many ways.
Sure you can! Just run alias flatpak=snap and you'll be golden.
(I'll show myself out...)
Yup. Modern MacOS is only pleasant to use if you have absolutely no preferences on how your computing environment should work and am willing to completely accept the walled garden.
Otherwise, it's a hellscape.
Damn, that's tough. Have you heard about our lord and savior Ubuntu and it's blessed snap version of Firefox?
If you’re in the market for a new machine, there are better options in terms of affordability and usability, even if you’re specifically looking for an ARM device
Are you thinking of Snapdragon X1 Elite/Pro laptops? I use one of those (Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x) and while it's really neat, they're also lacking a lot of peripheral support and drivers at the moment.
You could compile it from source yourself, and you won't even have to worry about packaging and package managers.
Nice! I just bought an ARM laptop and installed Ubuntu on it, only to later learn that Ubuntu package support for RISCV is even more extensive than for ARM. I guess I'll go with RISCV for my next machine.
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Oh, hi! I also use Kubuntu, but I love Snaps! I use them for everything. I even tried to use a Snap-version of the kernel, but it completely destroyed my system so I had to reinstall... but other than that, they're great.