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I just realized all my teachers use ubuntu (sh.itjust.works)

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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

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[–] ch00f 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 555_1 -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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

[–] ch00f 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] 555_1 3 points 5 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] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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 2 points 5 months ago

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