Comment by w4

Interesting to see my own feelings reflected in the larger trend. I switched to the Mac back in the day (10.2 Jaguar) because OS X was Unix without the headaches. These days I am increasingly tempted by Linux. Linux is where most of the interesting technical action is (ML, CUDA, HDLs, etc.), my perception is that it has matured considerably for desktop use, I already use it for cloud servers and training, I already game on it (Steam Deck), and Apple is increasingly moving MacOS away from being a Unix that just works and towards being another walled garden like iOS.

The only thing holding me back is Apple Silicon. The Apple Silicon laptops are just that darn good. When the new Snapdragon X Elite laptops come out, or whenever Asahi Linux gets good enough, I’ll probably give Linux a spin as a daily driver.