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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 59 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I read this on my 2013 MacBook Air 2013 running EndeavourOS. It runs amazingly well including video meetings.

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 3 points 3 days ago

I have a mid 2014 Macbook Pro still running Catalina, I wanted to change it into arch, but it saw very use and mainly my wife use it to watch movies so it doesn't really seems worth the effort.

[–] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My mid 2013 MacBook air sees more use than any of my other devices.

I bought it for £100 a few years back and haven't looked back.

[–] atomp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Out of interest, what kind of battery life do you get out of it?

[–] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depends - average would probably be about 2-3 hours? Not great but not awful for my use.

I could replace the battery and improve this - ifixit sell the kits - but currently I have no need.

[–] atomp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ahh right, I'm getting about 4ish hours on my quite healthy battery on Mint, which felt short. I just fiddled about with TLP and dropped the discharge rate by half-ish. Otherwise it's a great little low-cost device!

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Running Ubuntu on my 2015 air I struggle to get 2 hours out of it. I was able to get TLP to bring it close to 4, But it was at the cost of being borderline unusable.