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I'm running Linux on my MacBook but I haven't noticed a performance boost
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SatansMaggotyCumFart piefed.world SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-07-09
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Cypress lemmy.zip Draegur@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-07
#2 · Quote Reply

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I feel dumb that it took me so long to comprehend it, but, just in case there's anyone else struggling:

This Mac user is running Linux in a virtual machine within a Windows virtual machine ._.

And something inside me seems to be screaming.

The sound feels as though it's emanating from roughly where I used to think my soul would have been.
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Evil_Shrubbery thelemmy.club Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2025-08-15
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

It would have been funnier if it was Asahi instead of Ubuntu.
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#4 · Quote Reply

I’m running BSD on my macbook. It’s solid AF.
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Heinous feddit.online Heinous@feddit.online
Joined: 2026-02-25
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply
Cypress wrote:
... I feel dumb that it took me so long to comprehend it, but, just in case there's anyone else struggling: This Mac user is running Linux in a virtual machine within a Windows virtual machine ._. And something inside me seems to be screaming. The sound feels as though it's emanating from roughly where I used to think my soul would have been.

Never trust someone with a username like @satansmaggotycumfart@piefed.world
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UnknowableNight piefed.social unknowablenight@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-20
#6 · Quote Reply

Open up a VM and run Red Star OS, that should be a lot faster than Ubuntu
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Kraiden piefed.social Kraiden@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-21
#7 · Quote Reply

You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, that you didn't stop to think if you should.gif
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Crozekiel lemmy.zip Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-07-22
#8 · Quote Reply
Optional wrote:
I’m running BSD on my macbook. It’s solid AF.

Glad to hear it didn't turn your macbook soft or even, god forbid, liquid.
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CaptPretentious lemmy.world CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#9 · Quote Reply

What OS do you use?

Yes.
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mEEGal lemmy.world mEEGal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-09
#10 · Quote Reply
Heinous wrote:
Never trust someone with a username like @satansmaggotycumfart@piefed.world

uughhhh

Them again !?
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Deacon lemmy.world deacon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#11 · Quote Reply
Cypress wrote:
... I feel dumb that it took me so long to comprehend it, but, just in case there's anyone else struggling: This Mac user is running Linux in a virtual machine within a Windows virtual machine ._. And something inside me seems to be screaming. The sound feels as though it's emanating from roughly where I used to think my soul would have been.

I genuinely thought for a second it was some heretofore unknown to me Linux build that evoked that horrible windows UI
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fartsparkles lemmy.world fartsparkles@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#12 · Quote Reply
Crozekiel wrote:
Glad to hear it didn't turn your macbook soft or even, god forbid, liquid.

KDE turned my MacBook plasma!
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Maiq piefed.social Maiq@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-09
#13 · Quote Reply
Heinous wrote:
Never trust someone with a username like @satansmaggotycumfart@piefed.world

One of the the best nom de plumes on the internet!
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somethingDotExe lemmy.world Bullerfar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-04
#14 · Quote Reply
Evil_Shrubbery wrote:
It would have been funnier if it was Asahi instead of Ubuntu.

Or Hanna Montana
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Hellfire103 lemmy.ca hellfire103@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-01-28
#15 · Quote Reply
fartsparkles wrote:
KDE turned my MacBook plasma!

KDE Liquid is also a thing.
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Hellfire103 lemmy.ca hellfire103@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-01-28
#16 · Quote Reply
Optional wrote:
I’m running BSD on my macbook. It’s solid AF.

Since the XNU kernel is part Mach, part OSFMK, and part FreeBSD, all NeXT machines and all Macs made since the 2000s run BSD.
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tristan tarte.nuage-libre.fr tristan@tarte.nuage-libre.fr
Joined: 2026-03-01
#17 · Quote Reply
Hellfire103 wrote:
Since the XNU kernel is part Mach, part OSFMK, and part FreeBSD, all NeXT machines and all Macs made since the 2000s run BSD.

Yeah, I think that’s what OP is alluding to. I don’t think pure BSDs like Free or Open have much driver support for Apple hardware. It’s already enough of a problem with Linux support.
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OpenStars piefed.social OpenStars@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-10-24
#18 · Quote Reply
CaptPretentious wrote:
What OS do you use? Yes.

"All"

Um... did you mean "each"?

I said what I said.
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tal lemmy.today tal@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-04
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply
OpenStars wrote:
"All" Um... did you mean "each"? I said what I said.

You mean you multi-boot, run one at a time?

No.
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wltr discuss.tchncs.de wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-10-26
#20 · Quote Reply

I’m running Arch Linux on my MacBook Pro 2014, and it’s so snappy with SwayWM, I don’t see any need for any newer hardware.
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Evil_Shrubbery thelemmy.club Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2025-08-15
#21 · Quote Reply
somethingDotExe wrote:
Or Hanna Montana

No, then they would have noticed a performance boost.
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YeahToast aussie.zone YeahToast@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-10-10
#22 · Quote Reply

That's a wild fucking username.
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Owl mander.xyz BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-09
#23 · Quote Reply
Optional wrote:
I’m running BSD on my macbook. It’s solid AF.

So you run MacOS?
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OpenStars piefed.social OpenStars@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-10-24
#24 · Quote Reply
tal wrote:
You mean you multi-boot, run one at a time? No.

My fedora:

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garbage_world lemmy.world garbage_world@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-18
#25 · Quote Reply
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Alvaro lemmy.blahaj.zone Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-24
#26 · Quote Reply
YeahToast wrote:
That's a wild fucking username.

First time seeing it?
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Ghostie lemmy.zip Ghostie@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-12-16
#27 · Quote Reply
garbage_world wrote:
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Retro_unlimited lemmy.world Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-15
#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

My late intel MacBook has:

MacOS - Windows 10 - Linux

It’s RARE I use win/Mac but it’s great for that once every few months that I need to run some specific tool.
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#29 · Quote Reply
Owl wrote:
So you run MacOS?

Yes
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KubeRoot discuss.tchncs.de kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-25
#30 · Quote Reply
Ghostie wrote:
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I don't think it counts as ragebait on the Linux memes community
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Moshpirit lemmy.world Moshpirit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-05
#31 · Quote Reply
OpenStars wrote:
"All" Um... did you mean "each"? I said what I said.

I don't see Hannah Montana Linux anywhere.
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OpenStars piefed.social OpenStars@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-10-24
#32 · Quote Reply
Moshpirit wrote:
I don't see Hannah Montana Linux anywhere.

Ah, that must mean that it is minimized:-)
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Digit lemmy.wtf Digit@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2023-10-29
#33 · Quote Reply

Try running on bare metal.
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iuminou lemmy.dbzer0.com thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-12
#34 · (edited) Quote Reply
Hellfire103 wrote:
Since the XNU kernel is part Mach, part OSFMK, and part FreeBSD, all NeXT machines and all Macs made since the 2000s run BSD.

I sometimes call it NonfreeBSD
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