I’ve been using Ubuntu since forever, since 2010 I’ve had two top shelf dev PCs, first one I bought in 2010 and second around 2020, during theseyears I never reinstalled the system, only did upgrades and mostly LTS-LTS. My current machine was reasonably expensive (around 3k Euro) and I have it for around 5 years, did a couple updates now, other that that things just work.
Here are the specs:
Hardware Information:
- Hardware Model: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7C36
- Memory: 64,0 GiB
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900X × 24
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 2070 SUPER
- Disk Capacity: 2,5 TB
This kind of stability is not offered by MacOS in my experience (I have some with laptops in recent years), even if we throw money at it. During these years the system got more and more stable, any problems that I had were solvable. I am not a dummy, but also not an OS nerd, I just want it to work and Linux delivers.
I also use this PC to play games, I’ve had no Windows since very long time (it’s scary to come up with actual numbers). These days with Steam things mostly just work, usually you hit play and play, even AAA titles. Issues, if there are any, are discussed here https://www.protondb.com, so gaming as a reason to not switch to Linux is old news.
Anyway, if switching from Apple as a company that handles both hardware and software to deliver integrated experience is scary, there are companies that help with that. Here we have this one https://www.tuxedocomputers.com I think they deliver everywhere in Europe. They not only sell hardware that is guaranteed to be compatible, but also have their own distro which got some positive feedback recently (eg https://www.webpronews.com/linux-distro-reviews-tuxedo-os/). I’ve got their laptop since 2019 (opted out of their OS and installed Ubuntu) and it works fine today. Next time I buy from them I will probably check their OS out, I like the niche of it being Ubuntu LTS based, but tightening privacy and handling the drivers. In the US the comparable company is https://system76.com with their distro Pop!_OS Linux Operating System | Secure, Customizable & Productive
