I’m a junior backend software engineer. I use a Vim plugin on my fancy code editor. I like the command line but I’m not all in on it or anything.

If I was a Windows user I’d switch. But being a Mac user I have a lot of what I need for software development.

What am I missing out on? Genuine question.

  • thatsnothowyoudoit
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    2 years ago

    As long as the distro has an ARM64 build, it’ll be fine virtualized on Apple silicon. Virtualbox has a developer preview build for M1/M2 Macs and I believe VMWare Fusion licenses are free for individuals.

    While you can run AMD64 builds but it’s quite slow and painful (even headless via Docker). Thankfully most distros have ARM64 builds available - and I second the “kick the tires” effort.