Subj : Re: Coming back to Linux
To : hyjinx
From : paulie420
Date : Mon Sep 08 2025 06:28 pm
hy> This lack of time was one of the reasons I moved off Linux. I felt that
hy> part of the fun of Linux was the tinkering, but it was also a huge time
hy> sink. I run a business. When you run a business, every second that
hy> you're not working, you're losing money. Literally. If my computer is
hy> down, my business is down. So I bought a mac, and I moved on with life.
hy> My mac is rock solid, is fast as lightning and is great for editing and
hy> rendering video in Davinci Resolve.
All my servers, SBCs, routers, laptops, etc run Linux... but I keep one Apple computer as my MAIN computer that I sit at. I love that its POSIX, can be switched to bash [Over zsh] and has brew - its very 'Linux like' at the core but I, too, prefer a 'pretty' and stable OS for my daily use. I create on it, I consume media on it and it can still 'talk' to all my Linux machines... I'm a macOS fan.
The $599 M4 Mac Mini just replaced my last Intel iMac 27" and I can't be happier; I now have a 32" 4K main display flanked by 2 24" verical monitors - perfection!
hy> It is that sort of timewasting that ruined my day. Yet, part of me still
hy> pines for Linux. Using a sweet machine with some decent CPU and graphics
hy> card that could play steamdeck games once in a blue moon, as well as run
hy> some workloads like my dev stuff in i3 or a similar light wm.
Do you like Hyprland? I implore you to checkout DHH's [Ruby on Rails dev] new Omarchy 2.0 'distro'. Its now an .ISO so installation is super easy - and its just a sick Hyprland setup w/ tons of customization - since its geared towards development, I think it will impress a lot of 'us'. Theres a short video on the website, and you can download the new .ISO - omarchy.org.
