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by drivebyops 1182 days ago
There simply isn’t a proper contender to Apple. And with Apple silicon, it’s a done deal for the next decade at least. Apart from hardware, you need a company that is willing to take Linux from the ground up and create a macOS type OS. Not simply make your own distribution and DE and call it a day. Chromebook was close, but they had bad execution and wrong ideas.
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runjake 1182 days ago
Linux is a kernel. Making your own distribution and DE is how you create a Linux-based macOS.

I’d say System 76 is doing that but their execution has stumbled for the past year or so. They are working on their own Rust-based DE, to some level of success. I hope they get back on track.

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akho 1182 days ago
How do I get full-disk encryption on Linux without having to type a password twice on boot? This is not a surface-level issue you can solve at distribution / DE level, and it’s not the only one.

A good pre-installed environment of current tools would be nice, of course.

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NexRebular 1182 days ago
No need for linux. There's the helloSystem[1], a FreeBSD-based macOS clone...

[1] https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/

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