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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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838 points alsetmusic | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 01:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.595s | source
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blu3h4t ◴[27 Aug 25 05:38 UTC] No.45035803[source]▶
May I ask something, I want an apple silicone MacBook Air and I am probably just be running Linux on it, what are pros and cons of getting an m1 vs m2? Except for more ram or so. Thx
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1. brabel ◴[27 Aug 25 11:54 UTC] No.45038394[source]▶
Are you coming from Windows? MacOS is a BSD descendant so it’s quite Unix-y. I never miss Linux on it and I used to only use Linux. Just learn how to get around the minor annoyances (eg the file explorer sucks , I use eMacs for that) and it’s a fine OS. It’s really not worthwhile trying to install anything else on the Mac.
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2. pjmlp ◴[27 Aug 25 16:54 UTC] No.45042109[source]▶
macOS as UNIX is pretty fine for anyone that is happy with UNIX, and isn't looking for yet another Linux distribution.

Now anyone that treats it with the attitude that whatever Linux distros do is UNIX, there are enough surprises in there.