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mike | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Even Linus doesn’t suggest Linux as a desktop yet. 

It is possible, I even bought a StarLabs laptop, but the user experience is not for the faint hearted.

I also don’t want to go back to Windows, that place is a shit show of advertising.

I’m hanging in for the moment, but I’m close to switching to an Android phone and my laptop will need replacing in a couple of years, so we’ll see.
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shawn | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I made the switch from Mac to Linux a few months back. Bought my first Mac in *cough* 1991. So, it’s been a long run. 

I’m a nerd, which makes it easier, but even that aside, it’s a lot smoother than it used to be. I’m very happy to have made the switch. 

Happy to answer any questions. 👍🏻
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mike | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thanks, 

I don’t suffer from a lack of knowledge or technical skills.

My only weakness is laziness, I’m not prepared to make my life harder for principles that are not uber strong.

And as I said, I already use an Android phone and a StarLabs laptop, just not as my daily driver.
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mike | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Also technically macOS's core operating system is Darwin, which is based on the XNU kernel and BSD, inherited from NeXTSTEP.
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cadayton | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I've been using POP!_OS from system76.com for several years now.

It's been working well.   Been evaluating if NixOS is the next best step to take.
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mike | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The problem that I observe is that in Linux world, everybody talks about skins and nobody talks about basic functionality. 

Linux makes a fantastic server OS, but the things that make a great server are not the same as the things that make a great desktop.

To give you an idea on my mindset, despite the horrendous functionality, my go to NOSTR client is still Primal. It looks fantastic, is very intuitive to use, but the backend is shit.

Damus is my “it just works”, it looks fine, works brilliantly, but is more involved to use.

For the moment, I’m not prepared to use my StarLabs laptop as a daily driver as, apart from the build quality, the thing is harder to use, more convoluted to achieve the results I want as quickly as I want and things break and things become impossible to do.

Apple is just starting to trend that way. If Apple approach this scenario, then I would make the switch, but I’d prefer everybody do up their game and not make me choose based on usability.

This would be real choice.

I have no real choice right now.