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I'm currently running Debian Jessie on a 2010 MacBook Pro, and it
runs like a dream. I don't run any proprietary software[0] and don't
have issues with any hardware any more[1].<br>
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I can't talk for more recent hardware, but I feel confident saying
the compatibility of GNU/Linux distros on Apple hardware is
improving vastly.<br>
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The only thing I'd like now is better power management. I
understand Macs running OS-X have excellent battery times due to
Apple being able to optimisation for a finite set of supported
hardware, whereas other OSs have a near infinite number of
hardware variations they need to cater for.<br>
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[0] I run Windows under VirtualBox in order to appease some of my
clients.<br>
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[1] If you use external VGA displays often, you'll run in to EDID
issues with the Nouveau drivers due to the fact that most
projectors are not VESA compliant. Rather than install nVidia's
proprietary drivers, I bought a $25 HDMI to VGA converter, placing
the VGA conversion and communication load on the proprietary
software in the dongle, and not my laptop.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/11/15 11:29, Tennessee
Leeuwenburg wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I understand you can run Linux raw on the hardware.
I use VirtualBox and have not the slightest issue, but I
understand my usage patterns may not match the needs of others.
My main performance indicator is how well my text editor works
when I'm coding :).
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<div>More and more, I find I can do my Linux stuff directly on
OSX without needing to reach out to Linux. </div>
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<div>I'm happy to give more feedback on my experience, but I
really couldn't be happier.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 November 2015 at 22:39, Michele
Bert <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:micbert75@gmail.com" target="_blank">micbert75@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2015-11-19 11:46 GMT+01:00
Tennessee Leeuwenburg <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:tleeuwenburg@gmail.com"
target="_blank">tleeuwenburg@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I think even if
it's not your favourite option necessarily, the
option of a Mac is the benchmark -- the one to
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<div class="gmail_extra">What about Linux though?<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">A colleague of mine bought a
MacBook few months ago, planning to use linux in a
virtualbox hosted machine for most of the purpose,
relying on the native OSX only to run a couple of
applications for which a valid replace cannot be found
yet. But he is very unsatisfied, since he complains the
performance he get under linux are not sufficient for
any daily usage.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">And installing linux on a new
MacBook is not an advice I would give at all!<span
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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