cross-posted from: https://mbin.grits.dev/m/technology@beehaw.org/t/95555
Edit: Guys I didn’t write the headline; the subtitle that I added, I’ve now fixed tho
Edit: Also, the information about there being no escape is out of date – here’s a quick guide to how to fix the problem in the modern day
It’s crazy for me how some people go to hell and back just to keep using a spying operating system, which could be replicated basically one to one with Linux. Excluding spying and tracking. It’s not like they want specifically iMessage, Facetime etc., as they even disable that.
I’m a Linux-only user of 3 years, been familiar with Linux for 5 years. No, you cannot replicate neither Windows nor Mac one to one with any Linux distro.
No, you can do better
You can recreate the core experience, minus the underlying systems and core apps - which is the bad thing about MacOS and Windows anyway.
Q: When did this start?
A: This has been happening since at least macOS Catalina (10.15.x, released 7 October 2019). This did not just start with yesterday’s release of Big Sur, it has been happening silently for at least a year. According to Jeff Johnson of Lap Cat Software, this started with macOS Mojave, which was released on 24 September 2018.
Hmm, now I’m wondering exactly which version of macOS my parents’ old, no-longer-supported iMac is running. I want to say it’s from… 2011, maybe?
(Next time I update/replace their computer – which may be imminent, as they’re complaining of screen brightness problems that sounds like the backlight failing – they’ll finally be switched to Linux, of course. I didn’t quite feel Linux was fire-and-forget enough for me remotely supporting computer-illiterate users back in 2011, but I think it is now.)
Which version of Linux? I’ve been trying things out and considering swapping but things still don’t seem as solid as macOS or Windows. Most recently I’ve been trying Ubuntu, which is almost there but not quite.
