Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

On 2026-06-27, The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 27/06/2026 05:12, rbowman wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:52:33 +1200, Your Name wrote:
>> 
>>> Gforth also works on MacOS X (Intel and Apple Silicon), as do a lot of
>>> other Forth options, so you can use a real operating system to create
>>> apps using an ancient programming language.  :-p
>> 
>> The only Apple device I've ever had is an iPod Shuffle that was given to
>> me long ago.
>
> I had a few power PCS back when I was married - my ex wife was a graphic 
> designer weaned on MACs and Quark.
>
> I used one as a daily drive for a year or so. Mac OS-X Tiger I think
>
> Then I moved to linux and never looked back. Terrible machines.
>
> They were essentially computers for people who knew nothing about 
> computers, and absolutely didn't want to know.
>
> Even more than Windows there was One True Way™ to use them, and heaven 
> forfend if you stepped off the One True Path ...

My wife has drunk the Kool-Aid - she has a Macbook, an iPad, and an iPhone.
The Macbook's web browser has started getting slow and cranky - she went
to the Apple store and they told her that she needs a new Macbook because
her existing one is no longer secure - something about software updates
not being available until she takes another $3000 step on the upgrade
treadmill.  For now she'll just use it for computing applications that
don't need bleeding-edge web security, or apps that pose as much of a
risk as the ones they claim to avoid.  She uses the iPad and iPhone for
just about everything anyway.

My impression of Apple gear on the few times I use it is that it feels
less like I'm using it than it's using me.  Fortunately I discovered
that I can still open a terminal window and use rsync to transfer files
to and from my Linux boxes.

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