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Developer Santiago Valdarrama shares his 30-day experience switching from Mac to Linux (Omarchy distro), highlighting positives like customization and tiling window manager Hyprland, but noting bugs, missing apps, and hardware issues.

It's been 30 days since I started using Linux. I've been a Mac user for 17 years. I decided to try Omarchy full-time for 90 days. Today marks the first 30 days, and here is a short summary: The good: • Omarchy is the best distro I've tried • I love Hyprland and its tiling system • You can change anything in the OS • Every config is in a text file somewhere • Claude Code is really good at configuring the OS for you • The Framework 13 Pro is a really amazing laptop The bad: • There are still a lot of bugs in Omarchy • Audio and Bluetooth are not a solved problem • Many pro apps do not have Linux versions • There aren't drivers for some devices I use • Easy to screw up things and brick your laptop • The Framework 13 Pro is not a Mac At this point, I'm fully accustomed to the Omarchy shortcuts. I feel I can fly; this is so much faster than using a mouse. There are many paper cuts that make me miss my Mac. Things I've always taken for granted that aren't here: AirDrop (sorry, but LocalSend isn't the same) and Continuity are probably the biggest ones. If you have a Mac, you know that everyone will release software that runs on it. This is nice. With Linux, you are always hoping there's a version for you or somebody else builds an alternative. 60 more days to go.
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It’s been 30 days since I started using Linux.

I’ve been a Mac user for 17 years. I decided to try Omarchy full-time for 90 days.

Today marks the first 30 days, and here is a short summary:

The good:

• Omarchy is the best distro I’ve tried • I love Hyprland and its tiling system • You can change anything in the OS • Every config is in a text file somewhere • Claude Code is really good at configuring the OS for you • The Framework 13 Pro is a really amazing laptop

The bad:

• There are still a lot of bugs in Omarchy • Audio and Bluetooth are not a solved problem • Many pro apps do not have Linux versions • There aren’t drivers for some devices I use • Easy to screw up things and brick your laptop • The Framework 13 Pro is not a Mac

At this point, I’m fully accustomed to the Omarchy shortcuts. I feel I can fly; this is so much faster than using a mouse.

There are many paper cuts that make me miss my Mac. Things I’ve always taken for granted that aren’t here: AirDrop (sorry, but LocalSend isn’t the same) and Continuity are probably the biggest ones.

If you have a Mac, you know that everyone will release software that runs on it. This is nice. With Linux, you are always hoping there’s a version for you or somebody else builds an alternative.

60 more days to go.

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