Why don't people recommend it more often? I tried a bunch of distros and had various issues, the common thread was that they were all based on debian. So I gave that a go and bam, no issues.

I enjoy tinkering with Linux but have used a Mac as my main machine for nearly 20 years.

I also hate iOS (I use Android) and find it completely different to macos. If you like a nice, shiny, user-friendly Linux desktop then you'll probably like macos. Also things like the terminal work the same and most settings are in a similar place.

Get the best M Mac you can afford, more RAM is good but the os is designed well so you don't get slowdown.

I was hoping for this

Dead Set was a bit of fun too

Have you looked at this?: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/ I used it on my 2015 iMac and it runs the latest OS well.

We watch it every Christmas Eve, it's great.

But why? I drive an EV and it's way better than a manual (I'm getting too old for that crap), and nothing like an automatic.

Plus putting your foot down in an EV and letting it rip is like nothing else, gears would ruin that fun.

It's a confusing article, the game he talks about on Mastodon (Death By Scrolling) has just been released. There was another game he stopped dev on: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer/115657740122347206

Is that a little cat's paw button behind the keyboard? What does it do?!

Very (and honestly as a former UKer they're better)

I'm pretty sure the laptop I installed Debian on has an Nvidia GPU and it was pretty easy to install the drivers, and I'm very much at the tinkering level than an expert.

I've tried a few different distros that always seemed to have one issue or another, and they were all based on Debian. So I just tried Debian instead and it's good, I'm not sure what the other distros are adding.