My Journey from macOS to Arch Linux with Omarchy
I switched my five-year-old MacBook Pro M1 Max for a cheap (comparable) Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G7 ARP (AMD) laptop, running Linux (Arch btw, or better, Omarchy. And I am having a blast. But not everything is perfect. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
This is a short recap after using it for one month on and off (due to repair 😅), and the last 2 weeks full time. I want to share what I learned, what I like about the new setup after working for 15 years plus on a MacBook, and on and off on Windows at work. And maybe what is still a little rough.
Before I could make the switch, I had some pre-requirements I needed to be able to use it as my full-time machine. Here are some:
And most important, instant workspace navigation. The reason why I was upset with Apple: with the latest update, Yabai didn’t work flawlessly anymore, and also all the updates and constant asking if I want to do this or that got in my way.
During that process, I noticed that many things I was having, like Setapp Apps with all the apps like Bartender, VPN, and other apps are nice and useful, but not needed. Or mostly there is a similar, or sometimes even better, alternative out there.
