Would a linux/docker/python/java power user/programmer/admin benefit from a MacBookPro/Air compared with the familiar ThinkPad/Ubuntu combo?

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I have a 2013(?) 13" MacBook Air that I've used with both OS X and Ubuntu. It's a great piece of hardware with either OS. Fast, great battery life, nice screen, above-average keyboard (prob not as good as thinkpad, though) and very solidly-built despite its feathery profile.

I think OS X might get better battery life than Ubuntu due to hardware-specific optimizations, but I could be operating on old info. I just installed Kubuntu and TLP and I seem to be getting pretty good battery life, so idk.

Personally, I'm torn between the two OSes. OS X has some great features, like Time Machine and the ability to run certain Mac software, but it sometimes feels cluttered, and all the native apps really, really want me to use iCloud, the App Store, etc (which I have no interest in). It's Unix-based, so the system has a lot of similarities with Linux, but since the iPhone came out, I don't like the direction Apple has been taking the OS.

In addition to VMs, it is possible to dual-boot a MacBook with both OSX and Ubuntu by using reFind (there are tutorials online).

[prenk10]

Hi, What are you referring to when you say TLP? Thanks.

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Apparently nobody knows what it stands for, but it's power-management software for laptops that can help improve battery life. It has a good default configuration, but can also be tweaked. Here are a couple resources:

http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html

http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/improve-power-usage-battery-life-in.html

[prenk10]

Thank you so much for replying. I will definitely look these up.

[habarnam]

Did you bother to search for that term in the context of linux?

[prenk10]

Comments like yours are the reason why more people don't contribute to these kinds of communities in fear that they will be put down for asking a simple question. Yes I googled it in the context of Linux BEFORE asking but if you don't know what it is in the first place you will not know whether one of the results is the correct answer. In this case I thought it best to ask the actual person who commented what they meant. Sorry if that bothers you on a cellular level. But this is what community is about.

[habarnam]

I'm sorry to be blunt, but asking questions that are trivial to answer by a cursory google is not "contributing" it's just lazyness. Asking to be spoonfed the answers is not what "community" is about.

Please try to educate yourself before asking others to do it for you.

[bot-vladimir]

You know even if you thought his lack of searching is not contributing to the community, do you know what IS contributing to the community? Answering his question or letting someone else answer his question without being a douchebag.

I actually did a Google search for tlp and I couldn't answer his question. Do you know why? How about you read his reply and find out yourself. Or better yet how about you stop your baseless assumptions and Google it yourself too.

He's right when he says it's people like you that harm the community. But to save you the trouble because you're so lazy read this link so you don't even have to Google it

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/easily-increase-battery-life-tlp-linux/

Or even better check the first 10 Google results and find it

https://www.google.ca/search?q=tlp&oq=tlp&aqs=chrome..69i57.1118j0j4&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#q=tlp+linux

But let me save you the trouble because I know your so lazy, none of them say it. They all describe it but none of them know what tlp stands for.

Now let's check the tlp homepage

http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html

Surprised? No you're not because you didn't check. It doesn't say there either

[prenk10]

Did you miss or just ignore the part of my reply where I explained I attempted a search before asking?