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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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

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I'm planning on moving to linux from windows(personal) and macos(work use), although I prefer mac os, so I don't really want to use mint, and I feel like I should add that I don't care if GNOME isn't that similar to macos, I want something different, and I also use my computer for gaming

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What device are you intending to use, you mention you’re using macos so I’m guessing Apple hardware?

Just thought I’d share my experience with pop on my MacBook in case we can help each other 😂. Basically I was dead set on pop but couldn’t get it to install for the life of me - the installer showed my disk as being a fraction of the size it was, even exfat volumes created by the installer. So I had to shrink other os petitions like crazy so I could trick it into thinking there was enough space.

There was no option to encrypt the disk in the installer and it didn’t play nice when I created my own LUKS container.

After several hours of trying to beat it into submission I ended up using Ubuntu’s legacy installer and was up and running in 15 mins.

So yeah if you are using Apple hardware and get pop playing nice please share any tips :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like Elementary OS more, it's very clean looks very good also.

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

If you really want to run Linux on an ARM (aka Apple Silicon) device you need to use Asahi Linux.

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

I have an intel device, not an ARM one.

Though I would love an M2!

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

I'm only using a MacBook for work, I will be using a computer that is intended to run windows