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Transitioning from Mac to LInux?

Simon Urbanek 
Carl,

I would argue that you won't really gain anything - if you use R the Linux-way (build R from sources), it would be the same on macOS and Linux - and some people do that. So for R I don't think there is a difference. I'm using Linux for everything other than my desktop/laptop and the main reason I'm sticking with macOS at the edge is the availability of software for dealing with the rest of the world (MS Office, Adobe, Apple Mail etc.). If you don't need any of it, then you may be happy with Linux. The biggest issue there tends to be setting up your machine as the hardware support is far less streamlined than on macOS. Some of my friends are running Linux on Mac hardware - but you need the be real expert for that.

Cheers,
Simon

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