Linux On The Laptop Works So Damn Well That It’s Boring

Which is good! Boring = success

Clive Thompson

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A few days ago I took my Macbook Pro into the shop. It needed a new battery; the current one is five years old and dies after an hour. We’ll be in touch by next Tuesday, the repair shop said.

So in the meantime, I started working on my backup laptop — which runs Linux. It’s an 11-year-old…

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net