I wouldn’t buy a Chromebook, but at least they let you use non web apps on it.
I still don’t get why every Chromebook has a preset expiration date for when it will stop getting updates. That really seems like a great way to make lots of ewaste. Especially since they lock down the bootloader so well.
Most are talking about the laptops. I have my eyes on a Mac mini to run asahi on. The biggest downsides with Mac hardware is reperability and upgrades. Some issues the Mac mini doesn’t have Vs laptops is ofc is no battery replacement , screen and keyboard webcam, mouse to use. and there are hubs for installing more storage. Ram is ofc a big minus. Looking at m2 16 GB 512 mb. And extend storage with something like this macworld.com/…/mac-mini-upgrade-hub-storage-ether… 40 Gbs thunderbolt would make it easy to extend storage at least.
As long as it doesn’t break I would take this over any alternative minipc . I use my ThinkPad today but 99% of use is at home anyway so no need for portability. Need to wait some time to get the extra funds for it but something like that…
As long as it doesn’t break I would take this over any alternative minipc
May I ask why though? One of the biggest advantages of using a MacBook is the performance-battery efficiency. If you’re going to get a Mac mini and loading Linux, you lose that advantage.
Unless you’re looking specifically for an ARM64 machine for whatever reason, I think an AMD mini PC, say something like the Minisforum EliteMini UM780 XTX would be technically a better option - you get dual NVMe, dual 2.5G network ports, USB 4.0, Oculink for even more b/w than Thunderbolt, and far more I/O options in general. Not to mention, excellent Linux support.
I will have to look into it , but all reviews/comparisons I have seen has been always that the Mac beats the others. I do not game , I want audio and some video editing besides code.
Power consumption is a point as well as I am planning on going off the powergrid eventually.
Open up Pamac, your graphical package manager, and click on the 3 lines in the top-right corner.
At the bottom of the window, click Third-Party, then enable AUR support.
Search for Syncterm and it should show up now.
Getting packages not in official repositories is significantly easier in Arch-based distros like Manjaro than Debian-based distros or RPM-based distros. It’s a major reason why I never use either for personal computing.
Disclaimer: I’ve been a Manjaro user for 3+ and seeing people recommend Fedora over Manjaro just further cements in my mind that the vast majority of people in this community are not worth listening to.
Do you notice how many people in this thread are recommending you different distros instead of simple instructions on how to get Syncterm to work with Manjaro?
Did you read that they moved away from Manjaro? So pamac is not going to cut it. How does pamac help them on Fedora?
Many of the recommendations are to install EndeavourOS where your pamac instructions would work ( although pamac is not installed by default ).
In EndeavourOS, “yay -S syncterm” would work out-of-the box on a fresh EOS install. No need even to “enable the AUR”.
In my opinion, that is even simpler than what you are proposing for Manjaro. And since EOS uses real Arch packages, it is less likely to break or complain about package versions than Manjaro is.
I used to use Manjaro. It broke my system and I had many AUR problems. To my ears, Manjaro is bad advice. I am a happy EOS user for years now.
I have been running CachyOs for some months and I really like it, it is a clean and fast distro based on arch with many DE. You could give it a try on a live usb at least.
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