54 sats \ 3 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 5 Mar \ on: My Linux Story So Far: Coming Full Circle Linux
I use MacOS now, but I vow that this Apple Macbook Pro will be the last Apple product I buy. I have become revolted by Apple's lack of transparency with their new M1 chipset. I tried to find a linux distro that I could install and run on a thumb drive (Tails, Qubes, Whonix, etc) none work and Apple refuses to work with the Linux community to make this happen. VirtualBox no longer works on the latest line. Not to mention that they forced Nostr to remove zapping in app. I am...so...done.
I do most of my work on the command line, so I am quite familiar with *nix. My next laptop/workstation will be Linux without question.
I'd recommend getting an old laptop that is well supported by QubesOS, the HCL list has lots of those that are inexpensive.
The pure, brute power you get using QubesOS is hard to describe, writing this in VM that holds everything for the Lightworks account well separated from anything else I do.
It won't become the main driver for anyone the first months I think, which is why getting it on a separate device to start learning its ways is the most realistic :-)
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Yeah, sounds like you are ready for Linux. The best time to try it is yesterday, the next best time is now.
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Been working with Linux remotely for years. It's just my primary workstation is this Macbook Pro with the M1 chipset. My next move is to transition Bitcoin core full node from the laptop to a dedicated linux mini server. Raspberry Pi is too small, so something along the lines of a Dell Optiplex looks suitable.
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