In the end of November 2022 (1 year ago), I switched from MacOs to Linux (Debian with KDE Plasma) on my MacBook.
No regret! Was a very good decision.
I think, I’ll never go back.
Experience:
- I did not know about KDE Plasma until 1 year ago. The picture in my head about Linux was pretty much GNOME. I’m a huge fan of KDE Plasma now. KDE Plasma 6 in 2024 will probably be awesome.
- The GitHub repository “Awesome-Linux-Software” was awesome during the first weeks. It made me realize that most of the stuff I was already using, is also available for Linux. Only software I had to leave behind: Affinity Designer (IMO far more intuitive to use than GIMP, sorry FOSS community) and Visual Studio for Mac (which is dead anyway)
- The only advanced thing I had to do in the beginning: My WIFI connection is always gone when I close my MacBook, but there is not automatic reconnect when I reopen it. None of the usual stuff recommended when using Debian on a MacBook helped. So, I had to write a service that checks for this (something with rmmod, modprobe, brcmfmac, …). Probably too much for a casual user and hopefully not necessary for them…
TODO in the next year:
- Trying out gaming on Linux, maybe buying a Steam Deck
- Migrating to KDE Plasma 6 (and switching to Wayland)
- Recommending
our religionLinux to others
Do you know any other distro that’s not LFS or Gentoo that still supports x86? I said a lot, not everything. Most distros don’t support anything below 64-bits.
A fork supported PPC up until a while ago. That project halted though. There was a new spin on it, can’t remember the distro’s name though.
xbps-src can cross compile for MIPS. There are no packages in the repo for MIPS though.
You guessed it:
But also OpenWRT.
How to they even support early raspis?
Oh, come on 🤦.
What? I have it on my MIPS router.
I meant as in a real OS, not a stripped down version meant to run as firmware.
Not that stripped down. AFAIK you can even install X server and GUI on it.
Damn, you’re more persitent than me hagling 😂.