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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 7

    Trying Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS on my MacBook right now under VMWare and I'm in love. This is a developer's dream operating system. Dare I say it, @system76 have managed to craft a more minimalist experience than Apple. No, it's more than that: it's delightful. Huge respect!pic.twitter.com/eNpOrCoHEJ

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      1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 7

        And, of course, huge props to @Canonical because Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which Pop!_OS is based on, is a work of art (and by that I mean blood, sweat, tears, and years upon years of not quitting and iterating.)

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      2. Javier Bastardo‏ @Jbastardov Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        Sounds fantastic. I'm interested in knowing your opinion regarding @elementary OS if you've tried it before.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 7
        Replying to @Jbastardov @system76 @elementary

        Love the project. Great focus on an everyday OS (check out our “friends” section on https://ind.ie ) ;) What’s great about Pop!_OS is that it also has a singular focus: developers. And it’s being built by an audience designing for themselves.

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      4. Javier Bastardo‏ @Jbastardov Jun 11
        Replying to @aral @system76 @elementary

        Sorry Aral, I forgot to thank you for answering and sharing!

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 11
        Replying to @Jbastardov @system76 @elementary

        No worries, man :)

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      2. Reuben‏ @YoBigRube Jun 8
        Replying to @aral @system76

        Really nice. Reminds me of @elementary OS. I had installed that for a nieghbor and it was really nice. Like that it's dev focused. I want to get away from Microsoft, but haven't had the time/enough determination lately to do it...elementary gave me bigger motivation to do it tho.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 8
        Replying to @YoBigRube @system76 @elementary

        Uses bits of Elementary. Based on Gnome Shell. Really lovely curation. This makes me very very excited and fills me with hope :)

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      4. Reuben‏ @YoBigRube Jun 8
        Replying to @aral @system76 @elementary

        I'm also intrigued by PureOS too - that looks really nice from the screen shots and videos I've seen of it. I am getting closer to the point of jumping in....Thank you for sharing your experiences. The more ppl I see on it more enthusiastic I am. Are u gonna switch 100% from Mac?

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 8
        Replying to @YoBigRube @system76 @elementary

        Not 100% as we have an app to support on macOS & iOd and an ecosystem doesn’t exist yet that covers all devices (equivalent of iCloud) but I’m going to switch my main development machine. That way I can also try and contribute.

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      6. Reuben‏ @YoBigRube Jun 8
        Replying to @aral @system76 @elementary

        That makes sense. That's a similar direction I've been contemplating. Esp cause there's no PhotoShop on the distros I've been looking at. And not really a fan of Gimp in comparison for layout design compared to PSD either (tho it's been a while since I/we've looked at Gimp).

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      2. Eric K‏ @ideologysec Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        How’s the third party app quality? (And has anybody fixed the fscking atrocious Linux graphics and audio stacks yet?)

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 7
        Replying to @ideologysec @system76

        Sadly, not yet by what I saw from the store. However, that means that there’s opportunity for someone to (hint, hint) ;) The amount of progress here by the Canonical, Gnome, Elementary, & System76 folks is astounding. Also see where the Purism are going & even Dell with the XPS.

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      2. Eliz‏ @eliz_kilic Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        How is the experience compared to ElementaryOS?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 7
        Replying to @eliz_kilic @system76

        Different target audience (developers). Really hits the nail on the head :)

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      4. Eliz‏ @eliz_kilic Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        Awesome! Will try it then. 👩🏻‍💻

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      2. Kylian MbaChe (@prthvir not me)‏ @ab5y Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        What is this lovely desktop background

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 7
        Replying to @ab5y @system76

        It’s one of their lovely default ones to go with the theme of exploration :)

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      4. Kylian MbaChe (@prthvir not me)‏ @ab5y Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        Sold

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      1. Steffen Larsen‏ @zooldk Jun 7
        Replying to @aral @system76

        Looks Great

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      1. System76‏ @system76 Jun 8
        Replying to @aral

        We're glad you're delighted by it!

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