I have used MacOS for a long time, I think it was around 2014 that I got my first MacBook. But before that I was a long-time Linux (Ubuntu) user. I loved Linux, but things were different back then. When I bought my first MacBook my intention was to install Linux on it but after trying to use MacOSX for a week I decided I liked it. I was in—I was a Mac user.

Fast-forward to today… Today I often get the itch to go back to Linux. My MacOS experience is highly customized, but I love the idea of having even more control how I use my computer. Today there’s cool shit like omarchy which looks really cool (while I don’t necessarily agree with DHH essentially forcing this option on his employees). So why not do it? Well here’s the real reason:

I’m an all-or-nothing type of person

You see I won’t be using e.g. omarchy on my laptop and owning an iPhone running iOS, or even Android for that matter. Sure it’s all linux, but I’m also all-or-nothing when it comes to aesthetics too. I’m not going to use an ecosystem/UI that is based on Hyperland and use a phone built on Google or Apple’s design decisions that year. The day Ubuntu creates a viable (battery life is also a serious concern here, but if they got it right) solution to a mobile phone, I’d probably be in. But right now that’s not a thing. The other option is to go with Linux and just use a basic/dump phone. I’ve always flirted with the idea—I still don’t think that sounds like a bad idea. But there’s so many compromises I’d have to make: 

• My kids/family AirTags/Devices are all trackable
• No navigation, I’d have to use some shit someone built that isn’t as good
• Music (not a Spotify fan here, but I love collecting CD’s, so maybe there’s something there)
• Blue bubbles
• etc

…and that’s all stuff I would consider. The other option is I run MacOS as my personal OS (wouldn’t have to ditch my iPhone, etc), and I run Linux in a VM as my development OS. That’s something I’m considering to. But it does feel redundant.

My point is: it’s not an easy decision right now. I think that’s why I have stuck to using my Mac and MacOS thus-far.

Seriously, Canonical, your next move has to be a mobile OS.