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Linux Distro for Running on a Macbook for Work (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys, I have a macbook pro 2019 (intel architecture) that my company gave me for work (I do software development). They allow me to work on linux if I want to, and recent developments at the company have made me more inclined.

I spent a lot of time on Arch Linux on my personal computer a while back, and I love the customizability of the system, the user repo, and the package manager, but I definitely had some issues with stability from time to time.

Essentially I want something customizable, specifically where I have the freedom to mess with things like my window manager and compositor if I want to. I used to use i3 and I don't know if that's the move any more with recent developments in wayland.

So to end my meandering:

I'm hoping for some recommendations on distros
Some information about HiDPI displays and utilizing multiple displays with different DPIs
Some recommendations on WMs, especially tiling ones

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That laptop is 5 years ago old. Business policies normally require replacing laptops at age.

Were you given the laptop because someone else got a new one? I would ask for a new or at least newer model.

Asahi/Fedora Linux is apparently mostly working on Apple Silicon. I’m using it on a Mac Mini as a server without problems.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm still a ways out for an upgrade unfortunately. We generally use them until they're no longer usable for what we do. My development team is kind of the exception at our company, since we're the only mac users there aren't as many standard policies for our laptops yet