Another choice is Lubuntu, a lightweight and fast variant of Ubuntu, so the Ubuntu instructions you find online should still work.

I guess you do understand what the M chip is, which makes your comparison even more surprising. First, comparing a SoC to a GPU is wildly unfair. Second, you are severely underselling exactly how much more energy efficient an M chip is versus a CPU/GPU combo. My PC laptop with an i7 and a 4070 built in will run for about 20 minutes, maybe 30, under a full workload, all the while being hot enough to fry an egg and noisier than a jet engine. Even then, the performance will be trash and get worse as the temps rise. My MBP M3 Max will run a DAW sessions my PC could never dream of, with multiple plugins, on battery, silent, no heat, for a couple of hours without even the hint of a stutter.

All of that said, when it comes to price, Apple’s gonna Apple.

PS: I’m typing this on my phone while the idle i7/4070 laptop is fanning (again, fully idle) because it runs so hot. I might need to start traveling for work again and, if I do, I might need to switch to a MacBook Air for work on the road unless I can find an ultra-slim, powerful yet efficient, high resolution screen, Linux supported laptop. Simply because of the chip. We need an equivalent on the PC side.

I don’t think you quite grasp what an M chip is if you are comparing it to a 4070 Ti.

I believe in using the best tool for the job. For that reason, I use Macs for all my music stuff, Windows if I have to, and Linux for everything else.

Apple’s M chips are amazing. If only there was full Linux support for Apple hardware.

The term “liberal” is toxic. Liberal’s are disliked by “the right” and by progressives. They are truly useless snowflakes that do nothing but virtue signal and sell everything and everyone out that threatens their convenience and comforts.

Ironic that we all got to watch his, whether we wanted to or not.

Bought it on GOG. I like actually owning things.

Holy shit. The app can’t load content. 😂

I have only found one good use so far and that is to quickly analyze, manipulate and visualize closed datasets. The moment you let it expand beyond your dataset, or ask it to “think” or “imagine”, it promptly shits the bed.

The old adage always applies. “Garbage in. Garbage out.” When you cannot strictly control the datasets being considered, you cannot trust that the results will not include garbage and noise.

The “parenting competence” tests, known as FKU

Fuck you seems like an appropriate name for such a grotesque thing.

Oh you can bet there’s at least a few Epstein related things in his dossier too.

These stupid motherfuckers give truckloads of money to bible thumping parasites instead of their own families and communities, then turn around and blame all their woes on immigrants, LGBTQ+, the left, the right, and even some made up shit like satan.

PS: Also, can anyone explain to me why Satan is the bad guy in that fairytale? He stands up for equal rights for his brethren by starting some angel union or some shit and he and all his homies get eternal punishment for it. Then, instead of rebelling further, he spends all his time revealing and punishing the wicked. That sounds like a stand up guy to me.

He should’ve stayed in Central Florida.

The Snyder Cut

A child, on acid and meth. You should never let it run lose, no matter how many safeguards. Not if your code is business critical.