Can’t run Windows 11? Don’t want to? There are surprisingly legal options

  • smort@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Yeah I did install Linux (Mint) on my MacBook Pro 2014. Maybe three months ago. Do. Not. Recommend.

    It installed fine. I had to search and install three or four drivers. Fine. But getting the webcam to work was a jumble of mismatched, often contradictory tools and instructions. After lots of hacky attempts, I finally got off-color, blocky, low frame rate video out of it. And there was one other aspect—maybe sleeping—where I tried a bunch of shit and never got it to work. Not to mention it was slower doing comparable tasks vs. MacOS

    I have two other Linux machines in the house. They work great for what they need to do. But it’s not the right tool for every application, and anyone who says it is is just being silly.

    • kratoz29@lemm.ee
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      13 hours ago

      Comparing your experience with macOS would be a bit unfair, how about with Windows?

      For example I can tell the sleep feature works better in macOS than Win10… Battery backup as well…