The Linux ecosystem is a lot better than it was when I left five years ago, but it still has a ways to go. I might do a second part on why I left and what the other side offered, along with the choices encountered and an evaluation of the options, but I'll cut it short here by mentioning my final choice: Ubuntu 20.04 running on an Non-Developer Edition. An iPad with a keyboard running on an ARM chip might honestly be a great computer for the vast majority of users, but I don't see my requirements fitting into that box - at least for the next five years. With the recent ARM-transition and Big Sur, it was clear to me that Apple and the Macbook were moving in a direction that I couldn't join them in, and I refuse to be dragged to along.

Apple seems intent on cutting away the long tail of power-users, be it audio professionals, video editors or developers. With a lack of hardware updates, buggy keyboards that never get fixed, removed SD card slots and useless touchbars, the Macbook ecosystem has been languishing for a while.

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