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Post #7266 · source on Telegram
Using Linux Like an Adult via SSH from a MacBook
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A screenshot from X.com showing a post by AJ Stuyvenberg (@astuyve) saying 'I use Linux like an adult. Via ssh from a MacBook.' This is a quote-tweet of @sysxplore asking 'What's stopping you from using Linux?' with a screenshot of a Linux desktop showing htop, vtop, system monitors, neofetch output (Void Linux, kernel 5.8.18_1, Mksh shell, runit init, 763 packages, 3776MiB memory). The humor is in the pragmatic approach: using macOS for daily desktop needs but SSH-ing into Linux servers for actual work, which is the reality for most senior developers and SREs
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The year of the Linux desktop finally arrived -- it's just running inside an iTerm2 window on a $3000 MacBook Pro
Eventually every architect discovers that the most stable Linux distro is “ssh user@prod” running in iTerm2
The eternal developer paradox: spending years evangelizing Linux superiority while secretly appreciating that macOS 'just works' for daily driving, then SSH-ing into real servers where package managers actually matter and nobody judges your desktop environment choices
The ultimate flex isn't running Linux on bare metal with a perfectly riced desktop - it's having the operational maturity to SSH into your headless servers from whatever machine actually has working WiFi drivers. Because nothing says 'senior engineer' quite like choosing reliability over aesthetics, even if it means your daily driver is the OS you spent your twenties complaining about
My MacBook is just a $TERM with a hinge; the real OS lives past port 22
Real adults SSH into Linux servers from macOS - because desktop environments are for juniors chasing Wayland segfaults
After enough years curating dotfiles, you discover the most stable window manager is ssh + tmux - trackpad drivers courtesy of Cupertino, uptime courtesy of the datacenter
same, I don't know any laptop model which would run Linux with no issues (the most common one I guess is discharging on hold) Comment deleted
huh? my IdeaPad 5 Pro works flawlessly. my previous laptop (don't remember, but it was a really cheap shitty one) worked perfectly too Comment deleted
so if you close the lid at 20:00 with 60%, what will the battery percent be when you open it back at 10:00 next day? Comment deleted
idk I always keep mine charging overnight. it never lost more than 5 percent while being carried in my backpack for a few hours though Comment deleted
normally this is something you configure yourself, since some hardware doesn't like going to sleep (windows broke my PCs optical drive because it went to sleep during ripping), but my laptop specifically has a trigger to go to sleep on lid close in firmware. I think most laptops don't do that, but idk Comment deleted
to be fair, this was windows 7. but still Comment deleted
this is not a Linux problem, is a vendor problem... Mac can handle every chip that run their own firmware and controll it because their own it..... Linux needs to handle 1000 differents brands of chips and reverse engineering things 'cause vendors dont give any information to Linux. But easy, try to run MacOS on "not Mac" hardware and see if the battery long same? Comment deleted
I mean I guess variety is part of the problem, sure. Comment deleted
…not being sarcastic here, there's genuinely truth in this Comment deleted
why would I do that lol? I am evaluating the product that I use and not the sources of the problems. I don't like a lot about macos too, e.g. the animations for 1sec+ that I can't disable, so I wish their was a replacement Comment deleted
dont forget the "Can't show the password fields hehehe" Comment deleted
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But framework bad because they sponsored hypeland Comment deleted
don't they send laptops to distros/projects to test on Comment deleted
they are also achively promoting dhh's omarchy Comment deleted
I hate DHH as person.... but is a software genius really..... I have a point, if (as example of people) create a vacine that remove cancer from people... do you will apply to a person with cancer??? or not apply because was created by DHH? Comment deleted
bro compared arch dotfiles to cancer cure Comment deleted
but is a point right? Comment deleted
I never get the fucking community Going crazy over just sponsoring because of political compass gives us a lot about how doomed the communities have become Comment deleted
Arch + Hyprland runs amazing on my chinabook with 4050 Comment deleted
I use wsl, and it's really handy Comment deleted
summary.... attack and cancel the person, not the software Comment deleted
sometimes the software and the person are the same brand to cancel the person is to forcefully transfer development ownership, which kills the project most of the time (and if the person refuses, nothing can be done except boycotting) Comment deleted
is this the case with hyprland? Comment deleted
it's like attack hyprland... hyprland is a great DM, much better than others on wayland ecosystem.... is a great software? yes, varxy is a great person??? I dont think so Comment deleted
I'm sure people have made forks already. similar to how prism launcher grew from polymc, for example Comment deleted
is hyprland a DM or a software focused on attack person for their race or ??? Comment deleted
So anyone will buy a Mercedes Benz right? Comment deleted
Don't get me wrong, I would take people like DHH or varxy and give them three slaps to refresh their brains. Comment deleted
it's the "separate the art from the artist" Comment deleted
when the "art" not reflect the idea of the artist of course.... Comment deleted