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  • Re: MacBook Air transition, and a confession

    From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.computer.workshop,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Feb 20 08:34:15 2026
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    Tom Elam wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

    On 2/19/26 7:46 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    David B. wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

    On 19/02/2026 17:29, Tom Elam wrote:
    I bought a 14" MacBook Air this week.

    <snip>

    So there you have it Macaholics. I'm one of you now.

    *WELCOME* to our club! Efya

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSWIR3I4Bxg

    I'm still stuck on Linux, and quite happy. Working with MIDI, c++,
    clang++, latex, the usual browsers, the Fluxbox window manager,
    the front ends to MPD, SSH, urxvt, zathura, latexmk, ....

    I don't begrudge the users of other systems... to each his own,
    whatever floats your boat.

    To each his own! I'm not a programmer, I'm a tool user. Apple,
    Microsoft, HP and others supply me with easy to use tools.

    That's my point. Linux provides *me* with easy-to-use tools, such
    as LibreOffice, web browsers, OBS, Ardour, .... I am a tool user
    as well as a programmer (retired, but still writing code and
    documentation for my personal projects).

    That floats my boat.

    Oh lookee at what platforms OBS runs on:

    <https://obsproject.com/>

    OBS Studio

    Free and open source software for video recording and live
    streaming.

    Download and start streaming quickly and easily on Windows,
    Mac or Linux.

    Btw, I run Arch Linux on a Lenovo Flex 14" laptop with a
    touchscreen, Debian on a Trycoo mini PC (dual boot with the Win 11
    that came with it), and Ubuntu Studio on an ancient Asus "gamer"
    laptop.
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