I study math at uni and I was shocked realizing all my teachers use ubuntu on both their laptop and work desktop

  • @ch00f
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    115 months ago

    I remember having my mind blown in college when I saw a Mac Pro tower running Ubuntu in a lab.

    • 555
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      -25 months ago

      Why? It was an Intel Mac. They can even boot windows.

      • @[email protected]
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        125 months ago

        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.

        • youmaynotknow
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          45 months ago

          I did the same on a PC I built like 10 years ago just because “why not?” 🤣

      • @ch00f
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        85 months ago

        Just seemed odd to pay your way into the Apple ecosystem just to wipe it and install Ubuntu

        • 555
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          35 months ago

          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.

        • @[email protected]
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          5 months ago

          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.

          • @ch00f
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            25 months ago

            Yeah I think they needed horsepower to run some sophisticated models in Matlab, and Apple had a killer educational discount.