Comment by cassianoleal

3 hours ago

Thanks!

1. I won't be using NixOS so that point is moot to me.

2. Reliable sandbox I can get using Apple Containers. I won't argue that the Linux experience is better, because it is. Alone it wouldn't be a reason for me to switch but it does count towards it.

3. Fair enough, I haven't had that issue on the Mac but that may just be because I'm working with other kinds of tech or I have the things I need installed in a different way.

4. Same as 2, really - unless I misunderstood you.

I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I have been primarily a Mac user for longer than I care to admit and lately macOS and the ecossystem have been growing more hostile to me. I've been on the lookout for a Linux laptop that wouldn't feel like much of a downgrade and the Framework 13 might be it so I'm trying to get as much information as I can before I commit (especially money) to the switch.

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pshirshov  2 hours ago

> apple containers

Virtual machines. I can't ask claude to figure out an issue on the hw host w/o falling back to per-action confirmations or giving it full unconditional access. When everything runs on one host I can organize controllable sandbox escapes for Claude and let it work in huge batches with minimal attention.

> won't be using

Well, that's your choice to avoid efficient agentic workflows

> misunderstood

There are no containers on mac, there are VMs hosting containers and subtractive sandbox filtering syscalls.

> get as much

FW 13 is great, FW 16 is a disaster.

  • cassianoleal  2 hours ago

    > I can't ask claude to figure out an issue on the hw host w/o falling back to per-action confirmations or giving it full unconditional access.

    Yeah that seems to confirm my suspicion that we have very different use cases. :)

    > I can't ask claude to figure out an issue on the hw host w/o falling back to per-action confirmations or giving it full unconditional access.

    Doesn't help me if the agent is efficient but I'm not. :D

    > There are no containers on mac, there are VMs hosting containers and subtractive sandbox filtering syscalls.

    I understand the tech. It serves the purpose I need from it.

    > FW 13 is great, FW 16 is a disaster.

    Thanks! I did take a quick peek at the 16 but I find it too big anyway.