# Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop. The grass is not greener on the other side

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> ### [Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop. The grass is not greener on the other side](https://cfenollosa.com/blog/fed-up-with-the-mac-i-spent-six-months-with-a-linux-laptop-the-grass-is-not-greener-on-the-other-side.html)
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> April 02, 2021 — Carlos Fenollosa
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> > This article is part of a series:
> > 
> > 1. [Seven years later, I bought a new Macbook. For the first time, I don’t love it](https://cfenollosa.com/blog/seven-years-later-i-bought-a-new-macbook-for-the-first-time-i-dont-love-it.html)
> > 2. [How I moved my setup from a Mac to a Linux laptop](https://cfenollosa.com/blog/how-i-moved-my-setup-from-a-mac-to-a-linux-laptop.html)
> > 3. This article
> > 4. (TBD) My review of the M1 Macbook Air
> 
> Due to very bad decisions by Apple’s product marketing teams, Mac [hardware](https://marco.org/2017/11/24/fixing-the-macbook-pro) and [software](https://marco.org/2015/01/04/apple-lost-functional-high-ground) had been in steady decline since 2016.
> 
> Therefore, there has been a trickle of articles on the Geekosphere about people switching from Macs to Linux or Windows.
> 
> This is the contrarian view. _Don’t do it_…

> **[Carlos Fenollosa - Blog](https://cfenollosa.com/blog/fed-up-with-the-mac-i-spent-six-months-with-a-linux-laptop-the-grass-is-not-greener-on-the-other-side.html)**
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> This article is part of a series: Seven years later, I bought a new Macbook. For the first time, I don't love it How I moved my setup from a Mac to a Linux laptop This article The M1 Macbook Air, one year later Due to very bad

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