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• Supermariofan67@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Framework

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  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which OS to go with it?

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    • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you want “Apple-like” look and feel, KDE Neon, Ubuntu, or Pop_OS! are good first Linux distros to start with.

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    • mx_smith@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am running Kubuntu on mine

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Framework only officially supports Fedora and Ubuntu. And Ubuntu is the only distro that I will tell you not to use so…Fedora.

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    • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think Fedora is pretty great. It offers a lot of packages and ships updates quickly, has good performance, doesn’t include much crap, is pretty good security-wise and lets you choose between many desktop environments. There are even more stable and secure immutable versions like Fedora Silverblue, Kinoite and others, along with forks of it like Universal Blue and the distros that are based on it like Bazzite, Aurora, Bluefin or Secureblue.

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    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Linux distro of your choice

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  • Waffelson@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can fix it instead of buying a new one, it’s not like Apple

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• Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Elementary is a very polished and user friendly linux distribution designed to familiar to MacOS users.

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  • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    With the slightly massive caveat that you can’t upgrade to newer versions without a nuke and pave.

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• 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Any decent laptop for hardware. ElementaryOS for the OS, if you really want the look/feel of macos.

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  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Roger

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    • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I did for a bit, but I’m not a fan of the macos ui, so it wasn’t for me.

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• mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ubuntu or Pop OS use GNOME by default which is similar to macOS

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  • Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pop!_OS won’t use GNOME for much longer. They’re currently developing their own desktop called COSMIC.

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• billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Zorin is a Ubuntu-derived distro that has multiple desktop managers built in, including one that mimics macOS.

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• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A lot of the laptops made by Huawei and Xiaomi are MacBook-like in design at least. Framework is much more repairable though as are business laptops from HP or Dell. Dell in particular has made some quite long battery life laptops in the past like the Latitude 7410 and 7400, though those aren’t particularly new they are at least cheap when bought second hand.

  In terms of OS you got to go with some Linux flavor as they offer various DEs some of which are mac like. Obviously macOS and Linux terminals are somewhat similar anyway.

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  • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I would not, in good conscience, ever recommend a Dell machine to anyone anymore. Not only the design and build quality have gone down catastrophically, but Dell would take literally every opportunity they have to fuck you over.

    XPS machines in particular have a solid history of being good on paper, but a nightmare, once you ever need to contact them about issues

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    • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      XPS aren’t business machines, just premium consumer machines. They aren’t built to the same standard, as would honestly be expected given they cost less. I’ve had my own bad experiences with an XPS laptop and wouldn’t buy one again. Too many compromises in the name of being thin and lightweight.

      To be honest I was more suggesting second hand machines where warranty from the OEM isn’t really a consideration.

      I think you will find most OEMs don’t really care about customer support unless you are a business. HP, Asus, and friends all have their own horror stories. There are only a few companies like Framework I actually trust.

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    • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We’re about to buy a few new laptops at work. My boss is hardcore Dell fan, I need to prove him it’s no better than anything else on the market.

      I’m suggesting either Thinkbook (cheap option, comparable specs cost 2/3 of Dell) or Probook/Elitebook which are still considerably cheaper than Dell in my country.

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