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  • requiem@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Windows is hell, i need to do something
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    8 months ago

    Hi. So, not all of the software you use will work on Linux (which btw isn’t a company but to put it simply a family of open source operating systems sharing a common core):

    • Affinity don’t offer a Linux version so you will need to try something like WINE to run the Windows versions.

    • Blender will defo work, not sure about the others

    • Davinci will work, has a Linux version

    • VSCode has a Linux version

    • File explorers work.

    Ubuntu sadly is not what it was.

    I’d suggest Pop_OS or Fedora- I think Fedora used to have a media oriented “Fedora Design Suite” version.

  • requiem@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Is it possible to install ubuntu or another linux distro on a 2014 macbook pro?
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    10 months ago

    Running PopOS on a 2012 Macbook Air and Fedora on a 2015 Macbook Pro.

    Potential common pitfall used to be having to add the Broadcom wifi drivers separately - I had to add them manually for PopOS but Fedora worked out of the box. Honestly PopOS + Wayland totally saved the old little Air and it’s a fantastic machine to use.

    You may have to start using some free third-party tools for built-in features that work on the Mac.

    I replaced iCloud keychain with BitWarden for password management. You can use Beeper for iMessage - it’s one of the few things to actually support it. iCloud Drive can be accessed via rclone I think but it might be terminal only - mind if you can get it to work via terminal then you can mount it as a folder. You can use Cider as an Apple Music client. I haven’t yet looked into Calendar and Contacts sync with iCloud but you can always export those and import in your software of choice on Linux.