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  • Oh god this turned into a vent session

    I think back of what I left behind. And I feel bad.

    But then I feel better because I remember the reason I left was that we outgrew our processes and codebase and we desperately needed a restructure but i got no support in doing so.

    I bitched for years that it was a continuity risk and a performance nightmare. But no. “Deliver more features. Add more junk for use cases that brought us no business value.” Never consider governance or security. Never consider best practices. Just more.

    I knew eventually something bad would happen and I would be thrown under the bus. So I split. It was a good decision.

    But yeah. Seone inherited a lot turd code











  • afk_strats@lemmy.worldtoLinux@programming.devHow is Linux on the M1 Macbook Pro?
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    I use an M1 (Pro 14" 8 core 16GB) with Asahi. It’s extremely usable. WiFi is solid. Sound is solid. I never considered keyboard to be an issue… Its not. Things like brigtheness buttons still work. I have a tonne of USB devices and none of them had issues. I don’t think the fingerprint reader or the built-in camera work but I can test them if that’s a sticking point.

    I very much like it and it’s easy to switch into OSX if you’re so inclined. I do for photo work. I know there are alternatives. I’m working on it.

    The things I would warn about:

    1. in my experience, battery life is worse. Maybe around 1/2 of what OSX gets. With my overall battery health around 80%, I think I’m getting 4 hours in Asahi.

    2. this could actually be a skill issue (Linux newb) but I’ve had trouble installing certain packages in Fedora and Python and I assume it has to do with the M1 being ARM-based

    Edit: remembered some things. As of the newest version, gaming is much MUCH better. I think you can do 720p or on medium or 1080p low with decent frames by just using proton on Stream. That’s wild to me.

    In case you didn’t know, Asahi is the Linux distro designed for Apple Silicon Macs. Its based on Fedora with KDE as the desktop so it has a solid backens and a familiar but customizable interface. Its extremely simple to install and is beginner friendly.

    Reply if you need more info!