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I switched from macos to Linux because it can't stop babying users and being unnecessarily restrictive (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/linux

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I tried running a 2nd instance of Roblox simultaneously on macos 15 with another account but this shows up, if my mac can handle it then why can't it just let me do it? If I have two copies of an app like Roblox in separate User/Applications folders, macos moves them to the /Applications/ folder.

Sometimes it won't run apps claiming to be corrupted, so I then have to do sudo xattr -cr /Applications/someapp.app in the terminal and they run perfectly fine. It always nags me if I download apps from anywhere but mac app store. Some of these messages can only be gotten rid of by disabling system integrity protection, but then macos blocks you from running MAS apps due to having "permissive security".

I don't daily drive macOS anymore, I switched to Linux on my M1 mac where I can do whatever the hell I want.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Is there more than 1?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Asahi is not only a distribution but a modified kernel which in theory can be added to nearly any Linux distribution

[–] Scoopta 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are several different distro's built on asahi IIRC, asahi is more of a Mac platform for distro's than a distro itself if I understand the project correctly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Correct, from the Asahi Linux website:

Is this a Linux distribution?

Asahi Linux is an overall project to develop support for these Macs. The majority of the work resides in hardware support, drivers, and tools, and it will be upstreamed to the relevant projects. Our flagship distro is Fedora Asahi Remix, which is a collaboration between Asahi Linux and the Fedora Project, and serves as both a polished end-user distribution and a reference for other distributions who wish to incorporate our work.

Other distributions are already working on implementing support for these platforms, and we expect to have more options officially available in the future. Check out our Alternative Distros page for a list of ongoing distro integration projects.

I only know this because I've been seriously looking into running Linux on my M2 MacBook Air and trying to peel myself out of the Apple ecosystem but found there isn't many options right now where everything works -- especially TouchID. I'm not new to Linux, I just needed dependability and stability that I always seemed to mess up in my Linux days in the late 2000's/early 2010's and got sick of Windows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I have definitely looked into Asahi awhile ago, and knew that was the big one. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that’s the only one, but didn’t know if maybe there were more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

~~Most distros build for ARM now.~~ Disregard, I just realized we're talking about Macs. 🤦