Istat menus airpods9/5/2023 ![]() ![]() I did not tweak too many things to make my Thinkpad look like macOS. You can’t imagine how I was surprised when the fingerprint sensor just worked out-of-the-box with Ubuntu. TLDR: After a few tries I ended up using Ubuntu 20.04. At the office, at home, on vacation: I always carry a mechanical keyboard wherever I go. I did not touch a laptop keyboard for years. And for the record, I do love my mechanical keyboards. Spoiler alert: I am barely using my mechanical keyboard(s) since I bought this laptop. I loved it at first sight when I unboxed it. Honestly, I did not expect this much elegance from a non-Apple laptop. I was tired of so many cables coming and out around my computer so I also bought that CalDigit Pro Dock to organize my cables. I sold my Macbook Pro (2015) to the same store that sells this Thinkpad and I paid some extra cash to close the gap. I always knew that if one day I leave my Macbook and migrate to Linux, Thinkpad will be the laptop that I will be using.Īnd 2 weeks ago, I found this Thinkpad T14s Gen 1.Īfter days of hardware and compatibility reading, I decided to buy it. I earn my life by solving problems… Say Hi to my new Thinkpad # And as a developer, now I feel ashamed because of this approach. I was always thinking like there should be no problem not at all. I always gave up at the first obstacle I faced. This and a bunch of other relatively small issues. ![]() It even is not capable of connecting my keyboard. Trying to peer my Bluetooth keyboard to Ubuntu: Did it fail the first time?įorget it. Because of this so-called relief feeling, I never was able to concentrate on using Linux as a daily driver. Just format the drive and re-install the macOS. Why is that? Because every time I tried to switch, I knew deep down inside that I always can go back to macOS. TLDR The proper way for me was switching to Linux without keeping the Macbook. In fact, I did switch.īut not in a proper way… The Proper Way # So, during the past few years, I started to think about switching to Linux. You know what I mean.īut from a development perspective, at some point, I realized that the only tool that converts my Macbook into a development machine is homebrew:Ī third-party package manager to help people act like and install packages like they are using a Linux operating system. Answering your calls, replying to messages, copying and pasting across devices, etc. Once you go deep down that much, It is becoming much harder to break your chains. I am saying this in advance so you can have an idea about how deeply coupled I’m into the Apple ecosystem. I also have an iPhone, an Apple Watch, and an AirPods. It was always Macbook Pro but with different generations (2012, 2014, and 2015). 2012 is also when my professional career had started. I am a software developer and I have been using Apple computers since 2012. ![]()
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