> An iPad with a keyboard running on an ARM chip might honestly be a great computer for the vast majority of users, but I don’t see my requirements fitting into that box - at least for the next five years.<p>I’d really like to know more about what you mean by that.<p>How does a developer’s or power user’s experience depend on the CPU architecture?<p>Looking forward to the follow-up article in the hope for a little more background.
I did this: installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and i3 (specifically regolith’s take on i3 using their PPA).
(Regolith-Linux.org)<p>I’m never going back to MacOS for work but will buy an ARM Mac for personal as I’m still very much in the ecosystem.