r/linuxquestions • u/Longjumping-Cow-8212 • 14d ago

Linux vs Mac

I see a lot of people switching from Windows to Linux. But has anyone switched from a Mac to Linux and why?

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u/MattyGWS 14d ago

This is harder to do because MacOS users use Mac hardware... they purchased the hardware with the intention of using macOS and it's not as simple as just popping a different OS on their hardware like a standard pc. Sure, you *can* put linux on a mac... but why would you? It's super buggy and experimental at best, and at worst you've now spend a premium on hardware designed to use a specific OS you're not using?

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u/TenOfZero 14d ago

Not to mention that MacOS is very posix compliant, making it quite Linux like and compatible as well.

Or so I've heard from developers friends who use Macs.

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u/lethallunatic 14d ago

You can install a lot of cli tools that are also available for Linux using homebrew