Finally nuked my Linux install. Where to go next.

[theorist9]

So quick question. Say if a M4 mac mini fell into the cart that had 16gb ram and 512gb storage. How would it stack up against my old ryzen 7 1700x with 16gb ram and windows 11?

Night and day. Geekbench 6 single-core CPU scores for the M4 Mini and Ryzen 1700x are 3,800 and 1,100, respectively. Multi-core CPU scores are 14,600 (base Mini) vs. 5,600.

 

[FatLouie]

Debian user, former Mint user, former many other Linux user. Unless there was a coincidental hardware fault, a Timeshift backup would have prevented all this angst.

Now, one is either into Linux and uses the video editing tools available or, they are not. If they are not, then pretty much the Linux box will likely be used as a basic PC to cruise the net, make purchases, gaming (big time gaming), etc. I like Linux but if you really want to do Video and the sort...you should use a Mac. IMO

 

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Well, Linux is great and has great hardware support. And it is not perfect and sometimes it lacks drivers, sure. But it is not his fault, neither it is manufacturers' fault. A company seeks profit and targets specific users with his products. Often this means poor Linux support as the company is not interested in techie users and only supports Windows. And the Linux community can not deliver instantly support for every new device. But it will. An example: Six months ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy Book 4 with Windows 11. I tried booting Debian Stable but it did not boot. Then as Debian is rather conservative (and I like that), I tried Fedora which is cutting edge and everything worked out of the box, everything - keyboard backlight, wifi, sound, special keys... Then I tried Debian Testing and everything worked on it too. Now this laptop is dual-boot machine with Windows 11 and Debian Testing.