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Is anyone using Asahi Linux? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If so how is it? I'm heavily considering grabbing an M1 and trying it out if it's in a state where I can be productive.

For context, I use an M1 for work and it's awful only thanks to macOS. The hardware is excellent though. I can run an army of containers for hours, I can have OBS running in the background if I need to quickly record something, and I can have 2-3 JetBrains IDEs running without skipping a beat.

But I truly cannot comfortably use macOS in my personal space. I don't really want to go into my gripes with macOs; suffice to say it's not a route I'm willing to explore any further.

That said, I've tried to keep up with Asahi Linux but have not seen very much feedback from those who are using it.

If you are using it I'd love to hear some feedback on what you like or dislike about it. Does all your hardware work? Do all your standard linux applications work?

Edit: I dont really know how crossposting works in the Fediverse. Sorry if this thread shows up twice

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As an Apple fan I disagree. Before M1 Macs had bad hardware (bad intel chips, the butterfly keyboard controversy, the touch screen and build and trackpad and logo was good though), and they’ve always had good software, as long as you don’t mind the download size

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As an Apple fan who’s used Macintosh’s since the Mac Plus, no. Apple’s software choices have gone downhill over the years and they’re now firmly entrenched in their “Our way or the highway” mentality. Remember when Apple’s marketing was “Think Different?”.

Even today, opening a Finder window (which infuriatingly still doesn’t have a shortcut) using the shortcut for search (Option-Command-Space) brought up the window BENEATH other apps ON A DIFFERENT MONITOR. I mean, what the actual F?

And I don’t want to get started on their impossible window management without Rectangle or the hideous text unless you’re using a HiDPI monitor the way Apple wants you too. Why would I pay for a 4K monitor to get 1080P resolution?

You’re right about the software downloads though. You did forget to mention the ages it takes to install. Somehow Apple makes Windows updates looking speedy in comparison.

Rant over.

I want the hardware, not the software. At least Apple isn’t locking that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For computers I've never had multi monitors so I don't know about the Finder issue nor if it went below everything else, nor what you mean by the rectangle. Maybe that's because I got stuck on Catalina due to not being able to afford the download size.

[–] med 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rectangle is a window snapping app, that should just be a feature in the OS at this point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, window snapping. I never complained about that but only because my MacBook had a small monitor (so only left and right with the fullscreen thing sufficed) and I can see why people would want it. I’d really like it if someone made it combined with the green fullscreen mode because of how easy it is to switch between workspaces

[–] HedonismB0t 3 points 1 year ago

Butterfly keys were gone before the switch to M1, and those Intel chips could run all the software: still waiting for M1 compatibility on a lot of audio/visual production software.