Unfortunately, the state of non-Apple hardware makes your parent’s comment a defensible position. Btw, using Linux in general means having “some unpaid volunteer do it for you”

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0x457 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Btw, using Linux in general means having “some unpaid volunteer do it for you”

Maybe using Linux on a desktop, but using Linux in general is >80% paid developers [1]

[1]: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Reports/LinuxKernelRep...

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vbezhenar 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm using Intel Thinkpad. And I'm pretty sure that Intel does a good amount of work upstreaming Intel support in Linux. So I'm not sure that using Linux in general means having some unpaid volunteer do it for you. In fact I believe that most Linux development nowadays is pretty far from unpaid volunteer work.

Regarding state of non-Apple hardware. Well, my laptop just works. Literally zero hardware or compatibility issues. Maybe Macbook is faster in artificial benchmarks, but in my day to day usage, Thinkpad is more than fast enough.

	▲	izacus 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Intel Corporation is indeed the largest corporate contributor of commits to Linux Kernel (outside individual contributors).

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arcfour 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No it doesn't. This reads like someone who hasn't touched a non-apple Laptop in 15-20 years.

	▲	criddell 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think it's possible to create a Linux machine with no volunteer-built software on it.