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I have the same experience. I bought a System76 darter pro, it comes with a linux pre-installed. I've been using it on and of for a year now but cannot 'give up

I have the same experience. I bought a System76 darter pro, it comes with a linux pre-installed. I've been using it on and of for a year now but cannot 'give up' my mac: - It is not stable at all; weekly complete freezes - The key-bindings are a joke. Even after remapping and hacking stuff - bluetooth support sucks, sometimes it works for days, then it will not reconnect and keep spewing errors. - Sound drivers seems buggy, it takes 20-30s to 'switch' to a BT speaker. - I cannot for the life of me figure out how to install Ruby 'correctly' via apt.

dalu 5y ago
You use rbenv. You don't sound very tech savvy, but using Ruby? It's weird how my workstations and desktops and laptops and netbooks all run Linux just fine, only you're having those issues. You're a joke. You're not adaptable. When in Rome... Only rich spoiled brats spend 5k on a laptop that would otherwise cost 1k
- sbuk 5y ago
  "You're a joke." Wow. "Only rich spoiled brats spend 5k on a laptop that would otherwise cost 1k" Not this again. A fully tricked out MBP 16" costs $6699. RRP for a Lenovo equivalent is $8,894. Dell doesn't sell anything that matches, but equivalent spec is $3,894.99 (MBP 16" $4199). System 76 - $3,174 with a shit display (1080p in a 'high end' laptop is absolutely shocking). Librem 14 (vs MBP 13" for $2299), $2,716 - again, with a really poor screen, but now the Mac has a better processor and significantly better battery life. So, yet again, we illustrate that when you look for equivalent new spec of an Apple device, they cost about the same. There is always manufacturer refurbished or secondhand, much like every other laptop.
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      "Didn't have the option to flag, and can't find an option to report 'bugs'."
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        sbuk 5y ago
        Thank you. There wasn't when I clicked.
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dalu 5y ago

You use rbenv. You don't sound very tech savvy, but using Ruby? It's weird how my workstations and desktops and laptops and netbooks all run Linux just fine, only you're having those issues. You're a joke. You're not adaptable. When in Rome... Only rich spoiled brats spend 5k on a laptop that would otherwise cost 1k

sbuk 5y ago
"You're a joke." Wow. "Only rich spoiled brats spend 5k on a laptop that would otherwise cost 1k" Not this again. A fully tricked out MBP 16" costs $6699. RRP for a Lenovo equivalent is $8,894. Dell doesn't sell anything that matches, but equivalent spec is $3,894.99 (MBP 16" $4199). System 76 - $3,174 with a shit display (1080p in a 'high end' laptop is absolutely shocking). Librem 14 (vs MBP 13" for $2299), $2,716 - again, with a really poor screen, but now the Mac has a better processor and significantly better battery life. So, yet again, we illustrate that when you look for equivalent new spec of an Apple device, they cost about the same. There is always manufacturer refurbished or secondhand, much like every other laptop.
- dang 5y ago
  "Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - sbuk 5y ago
    "Didn't have the option to flag, and can't find an option to report 'bugs'."
    - _Microft 5y ago
      Click the time on the comment (e.g. "2 hours ago") to go to the comment view. There is a "flag" link above the comment now.
      - deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
      - sbuk 5y ago
        Thank you. There wasn't when I clicked.
    - dang 5y ago
      You have the option to flag - everyone with > 30 karma does. The site guidelines contain a straightforward way to contact us. Even if the above sentences weren't true, it's still not ok to break the site guidelines yourself, regardless of what someone else has posted—so please don't do that.
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