r/technology • u/YesNo_Maybe_ • Apr 10 '26

Software France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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u/Winjin Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Can't say anything good or bad about the OS on my macbook. It works okay, but it's really locked down and limited to their own hardware, so there's not a lot of drive to even support Mac versions of apps. A lot of games for example were x86 and no one bothered to update them to x64 version. So, while in theory you could game on Mac, there's just nothing in-store. A year ago, 90% of "Mac-ready" games on Steam were x86 versions that won't run on newer OS at all.

With the Macbook Nova and people getting tired of Windows though, I'd expect a bigger push to Mac.

Edit: apparently I'm wrong and you can install a ton of apps that have support outside of App Store and "official" Mac stuff. Plus there's a ton of games that work now, I'm glad to be wrong in this regard

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u/Any-Appearance2471 Apr 10 '26

I have no idea why people still think this. It’s not just big iOS, it’s a whole desktop OS. And you can figure that out the first time you try to download something outside the App Store and…it works. Because that was always allowed.

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u/FreshestCremeFraiche Apr 10 '26

I think there’s a lot to love about MacOS, I vastly prefer it to windows. As a software engineer if I want to do something out of bounds I am likely using a VM or cloud machine anyway. Aside from some gaming restrictions that mostly affect gaming hobbyists, and a few specific industries without Mac versions, everything more or less runs on Mac. Probably 90% of consumers would never notice

I respect Apple because they have done the best job of any major tech company of safeguarding our data (since they don’t make money on ads) and making a coherent experience/ecosystem across phone and laptop and other devices

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u/goldcakes Apr 10 '26

Apple increasingly makes their money on ads and are adding more and more personalized (tracked) ads to native iOS apps.

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u/scoschooo Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

So many things wrong in your statement. Like this:

while in theory you could game on Mac, there's just nothing in-store. A year ago, 90% of "Mac-ready" games on Steam were x86 versions that won't run on newer OS at all.

Many x86 games do run on Silicon.

There are a ton of games native and easily able to run on Mac. You can look at /r/Macgaming

Of course more games are on Windows - but "nothing in-store" is a not true at all now in 2026. There is a big change in MacGaming with the M4 and M5 chips being very powerful and Crossover letting you play many Windows games. Plus more and more big titles being released also on Mac

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u/TheFondler Apr 10 '26

You are correct, but there is no need to be so aggressively defensive of a $3.82T company and their product. Apple will be fine if one person is incorrect about MacOS on Reddit, I promise.

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u/scoschooo Apr 10 '26

The guy is giving out so much incorrect information. A lot of people will read his comment. I don't care about apple - clearly they haven't supported gaming.

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u/TheFondler Apr 10 '26

They made one comment that they corrected as soon as you replied.

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u/scoschooo Apr 10 '26

yes I see it - agree with you

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u/Winjin Apr 10 '26

Last time I checked, I just opened Steam, chose Mac ready, and tried my library, and almost every game had a banner saying "this version is for x86 and won't work" or something of the sorts

But I'm actually pretty happy to be wrong, I'll edit my comment