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    11 months ago

    Most things are fine on arm these days

    MacOS? Yes. Linux? Sure. Android? Obviously. Windows? Not a chance!

    And seeing this is designed for laptops, your options will be either Linux or Windows. The comment is on point.

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        11 months ago

        Oh don’t get me wrong, it definitely runs!

        But have you tried using it as a daily driver? Most things will break. I discovered this the hard way by installing it in a Raspberry Pi

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      11 months ago

      Caveat for all platforms running wine applications. So Linux is fine, except when running windows applications.

      Well, mostly, there do exist binary only Linux applications too. Business applications and also some games with native Linux support.