@[email protected] to [email protected] • 5 months agoI just realized all my teachers use ubuntumessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down110file-text
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I study math at uni and I was shocked realizing all my teachers use ubuntu on both their laptop and work desktop
minus-square@ch00flink11•5 months agoI remember having my mind blown in college when I saw a Mac Pro tower running Ubuntu in a lab.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoAt one point I triple booted my laptop with Ubuntu, Windows 7 and OSX mostly just to prove I could. Weird times, a lot has changed since then.
minus-squareyoumaynotknowlinkfedilink4•5 months agoI did the same on a PC I built like 10 years ago just because “why not?” 🤣
minus-square@ch00flink8•5 months agoJust seemed odd to pay your way into the Apple ecosystem just to wipe it and install Ubuntu
minus-square555link3•5 months agoOh, that. Yes. I can’t fathom using Apple hardware outside of the Apple ecosystem unless that machine if EOL. But never for windows haha.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•edit-25 months agoIt’s really nice hardware. And for some segments of the market, it’s not even particularly expensive compared to alternatives of similar build quality.
minus-square@ch00flink2•5 months agoYeah I think they needed horsepower to run some sophisticated models in Matlab, and Apple had a killer educational discount.
I remember having my mind blown in college when I saw a Mac Pro tower running Ubuntu in a lab.
Why? It was an Intel Mac. They can even boot windows.
At one point I triple booted my laptop with Ubuntu, Windows 7 and OSX mostly just to prove I could. Weird times, a lot has changed since then.
I did the same on a PC I built like 10 years ago just because “why not?” 🤣
Just seemed odd to pay your way into the Apple ecosystem just to wipe it and install Ubuntu
Oh, that. Yes. I can’t fathom using Apple hardware outside of the Apple ecosystem unless that machine if EOL. But never for windows haha.
It’s really nice hardware. And for some segments of the market, it’s not even particularly expensive compared to alternatives of similar build quality.
Yeah I think they needed horsepower to run some sophisticated models in Matlab, and Apple had a killer educational discount.