I’m on board that we need to become independent from big tech. As someone who is fond of the Mac user experience, from choosing hardware to how you navigate through apps, I need a guide to make the switch, so if you know of any great guides for Mac users, I’d greatly appreciate it!

Edit: you have all been very useful. I now know a bit more how to start and what it would mean to switch!

  • da Tweaker@feddit.org
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    13 hours ago

    Its really quite easy, if you own an intel mac, just install debian on it, maybe carry some data over, if you must. I would recommend a usb stick. Install a good looking desktop environment, and look up a few starter tutorials. Easy, and quick. Linux isnt hard at all, if you dont want it to be.

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      12 hours ago

      I couldn’t get trackpad gestures working on an Intel Mac. Tried both Ubuntu and Elementary

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        8 hours ago

        It worked perfectly out of the box with Fedora on a MacBook Pro 2012.

        But I guess every MacBook generation has its little problems with Linux.

        Mine is with the wifi going away once a year…