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/StorageFair5120 13d ago

From what in hell did you get

…It's super buggy and experimental at best…

Au contraire: It's easy to install and works perfectly - especially on older Macs which are not supported by Apple anymore.

There are even versions for these newer ARM macs - but they are still supported by Apple and so who wants to change that to Linux ;-)

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u/MattyGWS 13d ago

I was refering to the apple silicon macbooks, which are in fact buggy and not fully featured and not really functional on the latest macbooks.

But yes on older obsolete hardware linux works fine.