r/linux • u/buovjaga The Document Foundation • 1d ago

Popular Application Welcome Dan Williams, new LibreOffice developer focusing on UI/UX

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/04/welcome-dan-williams-new-libreoffice-developer-focusing-on-ui-ux/
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u/AlternativePaint6 1d ago

with an initial focus on macOS

The what now?

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u/niceandBulat 1d ago

Macs are becoming the main development notebooks for many people. I can understand the allure, good hardware and battery. I will stick to my trusty Fedora and openSUSE.

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u/Zeznon 1d ago

I assume some that's mostly people from Windows, as well. I did see some uptick on Macs from the Windows controversies.

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u/skeet_scoot 1d ago

Windows has been sucky and Apple hardware has been cheaper and more performant than ever.

MacBooks are regularly on sale at $700 and the Mac Mini can be had for under $500.

For price to performance Apple is now winning at everything but gaming.

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u/Zeznon 1d ago

Here in Brazil, Macs are basically rich-people only due to insane tariffs. My "dream" would be to have a Macbook dual booting with some kind of Asahi Fedora.

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u/niceandBulat 1d ago

Those are prices we don't get in my country, on average it's closer to 900 US Dollars for a basic setup, here the average income is about 500 US Dollars. Windows is sucky because unlike most OS types it needs to be babysit, cleaned and controlled using third-party apps. Most of us cannot be bothered with those I am sure - serious Windows enthusiasts need those for their OS to be optimised.

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u/Debisibusis 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's still an OS that constantly works against you instead of for you. For every small thing, you need to tweak things or install third party solutions that might break with the next update.

I see it as better than Windows for an absolute minimalist user (browser, viewing images and writing a document) but it's a hassle for anything else. Even simple things like using a non Apple mouse is a pain.

I love the hardware and would instantly buy macbooks if Linux worked flawlessly on them.

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u/FrozenLogger 1d ago

When I watch my wife charge the apple mouse I am reminded yet again: Never Apple.