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From Apple macOS to Linux: Operating System
I am going to discuss which Linux distro you should go with when you are migrating your life from Apple macOS to Linux
I must disclaim that I will not target power users in this series of articles. I want to show you that anyone can easily move from an Apple to a Linux environment by saving at least 80% of the money that is spent on Apple products and apps. We aim not to focus on money-saving either, but it comes as a cherry on top.
When you move from Apple macOS to Linux, you will first notice that there is no one operating system on the Linux side as Apple. This is another crucial point: We also don’t call operating system as Linux. Linux is an operating system; the rest of the discussion will be on distros. As a result, distros are like brothers, sisters or cousins. All of them are derived from the base, generally called Kernel, the unit or core that provides communication between hardware and software. I called it “generally” because not all Linux distros are derived from the Kernel core directly but indirectly. For example, Debian is on top of Kernel directly, Ubuntu is derived from Debian, and Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu (Linux Mint also has Debian derivation).
