I'm Stuck On MacOs & Windows But That's Okay

hi there my name is Misha I'm a hi there my name is Misha I'm a Microsoft MVP and I'm a devops engineer Microsoft MVP and I'm a devops engineer Microsoft MVP and I'm a devops engineer who recently went freelance and when you who recently went freelance and when you who recently went freelance and when you go freelance from a job that also means go freelance from a job that also means go freelance from a job that also means that you have to hand in your company that you have to hand in your company that you have to hand in your company laptop now my company laptop uh happens laptop now my company laptop uh happens laptop now my company laptop uh happens to be a very BV MacBook Pro that I use to be a very BV MacBook Pro that I use to be a very BV MacBook Pro that I use for my work but also for my content for my work but also for my content for my work but also for my content creation and handing in that actually creation and handing in that actually creation and handing in that actually was kind of a problem so this also got was kind of a problem so this also got was kind of a problem so this also got me thinking about like what what am I me thinking about like what what am I me thinking about like what what am I going to do I will need to purchase a going to do I will need to purchase a going to do I will need to purchase a new laptop but that also is going to eat new laptop but that also is going to eat new laptop but that also is going to eat a chunk of my buffer that I have to a chunk of my buffer that I have to a chunk of my buffer that I have to become a become a become a freelancer so I've been using Mac OS freelancer so I've been using Mac OS freelancer so I've been using Mac OS daily daily daily for uh over a year now and I was using for uh over a year now and I was using for uh over a year now and I was using it on the side before and I really I it on the side before and I really I it on the side before and I really I really like like the Mac OS um really like like the Mac OS um really like like the Mac OS um experience I I have no complaints about experience I I have no complaints about experience I I have no complaints about it but what if I could go back to my it but what if I could go back to my it but what if I could go back to my beloved desktop Linux what if I like beloved desktop Linux what if I like beloved desktop Linux what if I like what if I can be the chat again and what what if I can be the chat again and what what if I can be the chat again and what if I can daily Drive Arch Linux or maybe if I can daily Drive Arch Linux or maybe if I can daily Drive Arch Linux or maybe NYX Os or do something cool like that NYX Os or do something cool like that NYX Os or do something cool like that like this this was an opportunity where like this this was an opportunity where like this this was an opportunity where I could explore this possibility again I could explore this possibility again I could explore this possibility again and so I did I I've been exploring this and so I did I I've been exploring this and so I did I I've been exploring this for the past two weeks and I'm going to for the past two weeks and I'm going to for the past two weeks and I'm going to be sharing my findings with be sharing my findings with be sharing my findings with you so can I do my work on a refurbished you so can I do my work on a refurbished you so can I do my work on a refurbished ThinkPad that was the the first question ThinkPad that was the the first question ThinkPad that was the the first question I have a ThinkPad t480 uh which is I have a ThinkPad t480 uh which is I have a ThinkPad t480 uh which is refurbished which I bought for €700 a

refurbished which I bought for €700 a refurbished which I bought for €700 a great machine running desktop Linux that great machine running desktop Linux that great machine running desktop Linux that I use in my my living room to be writing I use in my my living room to be writing I use in my my living room to be writing in the evenings and such like and I love in the evenings and such like and I love in the evenings and such like and I love that machine and I love working on that that machine and I love working on that that machine and I love working on that so what if I could just switch to that so what if I could just switch to that so what if I could just switch to that well that gives me the question how well that gives me the question how well that gives me the question how embedded am I in the Apple ecosystem now embedded am I in the Apple ecosystem now embedded am I in the Apple ecosystem now that I'm using Mac Mac OS and an iPhone that I'm using Mac Mac OS and an iPhone that I'm using Mac Mac OS and an iPhone and everything and could I replace these and everything and could I replace these and everything and could I replace these apps of the Apple ecosystem with apps of the Apple ecosystem with apps of the Apple ecosystem with self-hosted alternatives so those are self-hosted alternatives so those are self-hosted alternatives so those are the things that I uh wanted to to that I the things that I uh wanted to to that I the things that I uh wanted to to that I was set out to to answer basically so was set out to to answer basically so was set out to to answer basically so I'm a I'm an engineer and what I need to I'm a I'm an engineer and what I need to I'm a I'm an engineer and what I need to do in a workflow to do my work and do in a workflow to do my work and do in a workflow to do my work and studies as a devops engineer all I need studies as a devops engineer all I need studies as a devops engineer all I need is a is a is a browser obsidian and a terminal with a browser obsidian and a terminal with a browser obsidian and a terminal with a Unix file system and Bash so in my in my Unix file system and Bash so in my in my Unix file system and Bash so in my in my terminal this is where I do most of my terminal this is where I do most of my terminal this is where I do most of my stuff like I do a neovim i Tech stuff like I do a neovim i Tech stuff like I do a neovim i Tech technically don't even need obsidian technically don't even need obsidian technically don't even need obsidian because I can interact with my second because I can interact with my second because I can interact with my second brain using neovim and my zle cast but I brain using neovim and my zle cast but I brain using neovim and my zle cast but I like to have obsidian available for the like to have obsidian available for the like to have obsidian available for the navigation purposes and and Bash I need navigation purposes and and Bash I need navigation purposes and and Bash I need to run containers and that's all all I to run containers and that's all all I to run containers and that's all all I need I can run Dev containers with all need I can run Dev containers with all need I can run Dev containers with all of the stuff installed in there so a of the stuff installed in there so a of the stuff installed in there so a terminal with Unix file system and Bash terminal with Unix file system and Bash terminal with Unix file system and Bash those are the three things that I need those are the three things that I need those are the three things that I need to do my to do my to do my work but I'm also a content creator I work but I'm also a content creator I work but I'm also a content creator I I'm a YouTuber I create courses and that

I'm a YouTuber I create courses and that I'm a YouTuber I create courses and that is also something that I need to be able is also something that I need to be able is also something that I need to be able to do on my machine so this experiment to do on my machine so this experiment to do on my machine so this experiment does need to include this Factor as well does need to include this Factor as well does need to include this Factor as well I need to be able to create screen I need to be able to create screen I need to be able to create screen recordings I need to connect be able to recordings I need to connect be able to recordings I need to connect be able to connect all of my camera and sound connect all of my camera and sound connect all of my camera and sound equipment that I use for these equipment that I use for these equipment that I use for these recordings it needs to work without recordings it needs to work without recordings it needs to work without endless tinkering with drivers I've done endless tinkering with drivers I've done endless tinkering with drivers I've done so much of that in my life and I'm sick so much of that in my life and I'm sick so much of that in my life and I'm sick of that and um I have now to in a point of that and um I have now to in a point of that and um I have now to in a point where I have my my MacBook set up here where I have my my MacBook set up here where I have my my MacBook set up here and my my microphone is here so I I'll and my my microphone is here so I I'll and my my microphone is here so I I'll show you so normally the microphone is show you so normally the microphone is show you so normally the microphone is in this position and I move it down I open OBS position and I move it down I open OBS and I'm ready to record that's my and I'm ready to record that's my and I'm ready to record that's my recording setup that I have now and recording setup that I have now and recording setup that I have now and that's what I also need to have it needs that's what I also need to have it needs that's what I also need to have it needs to be a low threshold because if there to be a low threshold because if there to be a low threshold because if there is is is work involved with setting up the the work involved with setting up the the work involved with setting up the the the the recording uh if I need to do a a the the recording uh if I need to do a a the the recording uh if I need to do a a few dozen steps in order to be able to few dozen steps in order to be able to few dozen steps in order to be able to start recording I know from experience start recording I know from experience start recording I know from experience that I'll do less of it so the recording that I'll do less of it so the recording that I'll do less of it so the recording process needs to be as easy as possible process needs to be as easy as possible process needs to be as easy as possible and I after three years of constant and I after three years of constant and I after three years of constant iterations I now finally have a workflow iterations I now finally have a workflow iterations I now finally have a workflow that works well I now have the equipment that works well I now have the equipment that works well I now have the equipment that works well when I have an idea I that works well when I have an idea I that works well when I have an idea I can sit down pull down my microphone can sit down pull down my microphone can sit down pull down my microphone phone open OBS and I can phone open OBS and I can phone open OBS and I can go I also need to do light video editing

go I also need to do light video editing go I also need to do light video editing and with light I say um I'm currently and with light I say um I'm currently and with light I say um I'm currently recording in 4k 60 FPS so that's not recording in 4k 60 FPS so that's not recording in 4k 60 FPS so that's not necessarily light but I I I I'm you know necessarily light but I I I I'm you know necessarily light but I I I I'm you know my content I'm not a very heavy editing my content I'm not a very heavy editing my content I'm not a very heavy editing focused content creator I I don't like I focused content creator I I don't like I focused content creator I I don't like I focus on the educational part of the focus on the educational part of the focus on the educational part of the content and my my presence on camera content and my my presence on camera content and my my presence on camera rather than having to put in a lot of rather than having to put in a lot of rather than having to put in a lot of effort in scenes and Transitions and all effort in scenes and Transitions and all effort in scenes and Transitions and all of that so all I need to do is just of that so all I need to do is just of that so all I need to do is just trimming and I also do live streaming U trimming and I also do live streaming U trimming and I also do live streaming U not so much these days but I I might not so much these days but I I might not so much these days but I I might want to do more of that and my system want to do more of that and my system want to do more of that and my system needs to be able to do live streaming needs to be able to do live streaming needs to be able to do live streaming that's the point so like I said I have a that's the point so like I said I have a that's the point so like I said I have a ThinkPad t480 it's an i7 processor and ThinkPad t480 it's an i7 processor and ThinkPad t480 it's an i7 processor and has 30 32 GB of RAM and my my question has 30 32 GB of RAM and my my question has 30 32 GB of RAM and my my question was said will this be enough can can I was said will this be enough can can I was said will this be enough can can I make do with a € 700 EUR make do with a € 700 EUR make do with a € 700 EUR ThinkPad and I I really wanted I really ThinkPad and I I really wanted I really ThinkPad and I I really wanted I really want it to be because I love that want it to be because I love that want it to be because I love that machine I love it's such a comfy machine I love it's such a comfy machine I love it's such a comfy experience to work on that experience to work on that experience to work on that thing so I want to go back to desktop thing so I want to go back to desktop thing so I want to go back to desktop Linux and this is a lot of nostalgia I Linux and this is a lot of nostalgia I Linux and this is a lot of nostalgia I spent several years on desktop Linux I spent several years on desktop Linux I spent several years on desktop Linux I built my whole Arch Linux system from built my whole Arch Linux system from built my whole Arch Linux system from the bottom up and I really really love the bottom up and I really really love the bottom up and I really really love that experience of it taught me so much that experience of it taught me so much that experience of it taught me so much about Linux system administration but about Linux system administration but about Linux system administration but also the feeling of being completely

also the feeling of being completely also the feeling of being completely responsible with how your system is responsible with how your system is responsible with how your system is built and how it's maintained and how built and how it's maintained and how built and how it's maintained and how you set it up I love it and and I I you set it up I love it and and I I you set it up I love it and and I I wanted to go back to that I missed that wanted to go back to that I missed that wanted to go back to that I missed that on Mac OS Mac OS just works it's on Mac OS Mac OS just works it's on Mac OS Mac OS just works it's beautiful and I have no problems with it beautiful and I have no problems with it beautiful and I have no problems with it uh but I also miss the the sort of the uh but I also miss the the sort of the uh but I also miss the the sort of the tinkering even though it is a a Time tinkering even though it is a a Time tinkering even though it is a a Time think but just this this feeling that think but just this this feeling that think but just this this feeling that you're operating on a system that you you're operating on a system that you you're operating on a system that you buildt yourself that is just something buildt yourself that is just something buildt yourself that is just something that I that I that I miss I so when considering going back to miss I so when considering going back to miss I so when considering going back to desktop Linux I looked into Fedora that desktop Linux I looked into Fedora that desktop Linux I looked into Fedora that was something that was uh suggested to was something that was uh suggested to was something that was uh suggested to me CU yeah I might go straight back to me CU yeah I might go straight back to me CU yeah I might go straight back to Arch but maybe try something new and Arch but maybe try something new and Arch but maybe try something new and since I'm using it for work I might want since I'm using it for work I might want since I'm using it for work I might want to consider something a bit more stable to consider something a bit more stable to consider something a bit more stable than Arch Fedora or even NX OS that's than Arch Fedora or even NX OS that's than Arch Fedora or even NX OS that's also high on the list to try um and uh also high on the list to try um and uh also high on the list to try um and uh but for this experiment I thought okay but for this experiment I thought okay but for this experiment I thought okay well let's not okay I I'm doing an well let's not okay I I'm doing an well let's not okay I I'm doing an experiment I don't want to spend hours experiment I don't want to spend hours experiment I don't want to spend hours of tinkering I just want to see if it of tinkering I just want to see if it of tinkering I just want to see if it works so I just decided to go with works so I just decided to go with works so I just decided to go with Fedora and I used Fedora sway a fedora Fedora and I used Fedora sway a fedora Fedora and I used Fedora sway a fedora spin with sway the sway window manager spin with sway the sway window manager spin with sway the sway window manager and I plugged in a and I plugged in a and I plugged in a USB wrote the image and it worked it was USB wrote the image and it worked it was USB wrote the image and it worked it was fantastic so a few things that I really fantastic so a few things that I really fantastic so a few things that I really needed to test like these were the first

needed to test like these were the first needed to test like these were the first things that I wanted to test one of them things that I wanted to test one of them things that I wanted to test one of them was the airpods like I'm I use airpods was the airpods like I'm I use airpods was the airpods like I'm I use airpods Pro I wear these like what 14 hours a Pro I wear these like what 14 hours a Pro I wear these like what 14 hours a day these days I listen to music but I day these days I listen to music but I day these days I listen to music but I use it for blocking out sound and it has use it for blocking out sound and it has use it for blocking out sound and it has become an association with working for become an association with working for become an association with working for me the heavy feeling of the the the me the heavy feeling of the the the me the heavy feeling of the the the headphones on my my head even though if headphones on my my head even though if headphones on my my head even though if I'm not not listening to something they I'm not not listening to something they I'm not not listening to something they help me put come into this extreme Focus help me put come into this extreme Focus help me put come into this extreme Focus state that I operate on for so many state that I operate on for so many state that I operate on for so many hours a day so the airpods need to be hours a day so the airpods need to be hours a day so the airpods need to be need to work and the great thing with it need to work and the great thing with it need to work and the great thing with it with the airpods and the Apple ecosystem with the airpods and the Apple ecosystem with the airpods and the Apple ecosystem is that I I put them on and if I'm on my is that I I put them on and if I'm on my is that I I put them on and if I'm on my MacBook they'll switch to that if I walk MacBook they'll switch to that if I walk MacBook they'll switch to that if I walk to my living room and I pull my phone to my living room and I pull my phone to my living room and I pull my phone out of my pocket to take a call then out of my pocket to take a call then out of my pocket to take a call then boom the call is on my airpods and there boom the call is on my airpods and there boom the call is on my airpods and there is just no switching it is all seamless is just no switching it is all seamless is just no switching it is all seamless it works so well it works so well it works so well and of course I know it's not going to and of course I know it's not going to and of course I know it's not going to work that well with Linux but the work that well with Linux but the work that well with Linux but the airpods need to work and they need to be airpods need to work and they need to be airpods need to work and they need to be fairly easy to to set up so I I I can be fairly easy to to set up so I I I can be fairly easy to to set up so I I I can be okay with having to click connect to okay with having to click connect to okay with having to click connect to airpods every time I want it to connect airpods every time I want it to connect airpods every time I want it to connect to the machine and then uh connect it to to the machine and then uh connect it to to the machine and then uh connect it to my iPhone phone manually I'm okay with my iPhone phone manually I'm okay with my iPhone phone manually I'm okay with that uh for this experiment but it that uh for this experiment but it that uh for this experiment but it should not be more toil than that and

should not be more toil than that and should not be more toil than that and finally like I said I need to be able to finally like I said I need to be able to finally like I said I need to be able to record my screen do light video editing record my screen do light video editing record my screen do light video editing and do streaming so what we my findings and do streaming so what we my findings and do streaming so what we my findings the pairing went well with airpods the the pairing went well with airpods the the pairing went well with airpods the ThinkPad has Bluetooth and it paired ThinkPad has Bluetooth and it paired ThinkPad has Bluetooth and it paired really nicely um it was not a problem at really nicely um it was not a problem at really nicely um it was not a problem at all to get them paired even I even tried all to get them paired even I even tried all to get them paired even I even tried it with it with it with uh I was running I3 on Ubuntu before I uh I was running I3 on Ubuntu before I uh I was running I3 on Ubuntu before I switched to switched to switched to Fedora and on there I only had Bluetooth Fedora and on there I only had Bluetooth Fedora and on there I only had Bluetooth CTL and I even did it with Bluetooth CTL CTL and I even did it with Bluetooth CTL CTL and I even did it with Bluetooth CTL it went just fine then uh I switched to it went just fine then uh I switched to it went just fine then uh I switched to Fedora and even in this Fedora sway Fedora and even in this Fedora sway Fedora and even in this Fedora sway there there was this little Bluetooth there there was this little Bluetooth there there was this little Bluetooth utility which I could connect to the utility which I could connect to the utility which I could connect to the airpods really quickly and yes I had to airpods really quickly and yes I had to airpods really quickly and yes I had to switch manually to my phone every time switch manually to my phone every time switch manually to my phone every time when I wanted to but it wasn't that much when I wanted to but it wasn't that much when I wanted to but it wasn't that much and if it saved me several thousand and if it saved me several thousand and if it saved me several thousand Euros of not having to buy a Macbook Euros of not having to buy a Macbook Euros of not having to buy a Macbook straight away I could live with that straight away I could live with that straight away I could live with that then I found that I could do my work then I found that I could do my work then I found that I could do my work just fine on the ThinkPad uh editing just fine on the ThinkPad uh editing just fine on the ThinkPad uh editing code uh browsing and and running like my code uh browsing and and running like my code uh browsing and and running like my my terminal based workflow but also I my terminal based workflow but also I my terminal based workflow but also I tried running vs code just I wanted to tried running vs code just I wanted to tried running vs code just I wanted to know how it would be I don't use it much know how it would be I don't use it much know how it would be I don't use it much but sometimes I do to verify some syntax but sometimes I do to verify some syntax but sometimes I do to verify some syntax highlighting and such Dev containers and highlighting and such Dev containers and highlighting and such Dev containers and um it all worked really well I could run um it all worked really well I could run um it all worked really well I could run a brancher desktop on there taking 20

a brancher desktop on there taking 20 a brancher desktop on there taking 20 gabt of of RAM and I could spin up Dev gabt of of RAM and I could spin up Dev gabt of of RAM and I could spin up Dev containers Dev pods do everything in containers Dev pods do everything in containers Dev pods do everything in containers and it worked super smooth so containers and it worked super smooth so containers and it worked super smooth so no problems with that it was very fast no problems with that it was very fast no problems with that it was very fast very comfy and uh I loved it I love to very comfy and uh I loved it I love to very comfy and uh I loved it I love to actually work on desktop Linux again and actually work on desktop Linux again and actually work on desktop Linux again and I I had no problems I didn't I I had no problems I didn't I I had no problems I didn't try um I didn't even I didn't try to try um I didn't even I didn't try to try um I didn't even I didn't try to share my screen and do a teams call I share my screen and do a teams call I share my screen and do a teams call I didn't try to install Microsoft teams didn't try to install Microsoft teams didn't try to install Microsoft teams that's something that I need so I didn't that's something that I need so I didn't that's something that I need so I didn't go into those things those tend to give go into those things those tend to give go into those things those tend to give a lot of problems on on Linux I know a lot of problems on on Linux I know a lot of problems on on Linux I know from experience uh but I'll go into why from experience uh but I'll go into why from experience uh but I'll go into why in in the next uh next few slides why I in in the next uh next few slides why I in in the next uh next few slides why I didn't even go there uh but I did test didn't even go there uh but I did test didn't even go there uh but I did test the screen recording with OBS on 108 p the screen recording with OBS on 108 p the screen recording with OBS on 108 p with 60 frames per second and that that with 60 frames per second and that that with 60 frames per second and that that actually went fine it the I could I actually went fine it the I could I actually went fine it the I could I couldn't do like huge container couldn't do like huge container couldn't do like huge container workloads but I could record my screen workloads but I could record my screen workloads but I could record my screen while doing neovim editing or browsing while doing neovim editing or browsing while doing neovim editing or browsing and such like and that went fine so why and such like and that went fine so why and such like and that went fine so why didn't I switch to the to desktop Linux didn't I switch to the to desktop Linux didn't I switch to the to desktop Linux because spoiler alert I didn't the because spoiler alert I didn't the because spoiler alert I didn't the problem is my camera and my audio problem is my camera and my audio problem is my camera and my audio interface like I said said in the slides interface like I said said in the slides interface like I said said in the slides I don't want to be tinkering with this I don't want to be tinkering with this I don't want to be tinkering with this stuff all the time and this is uh sadly stuff all the time and this is uh sadly stuff all the time and this is uh sadly what prevented me from going back to

what prevented me from going back to what prevented me from going back to desktop Linux so let's uh let's check it desktop Linux so let's uh let's check it desktop Linux so let's uh let's check it out I use an install link 360 camera out I use an install link 360 camera out I use an install link 360 camera it's an ai ai ai powered webcam so if it's an ai ai ai powered webcam so if it's an ai ai ai powered webcam so if you see if I move my head it will you see if I move my head it will you see if I move my head it will actually track my face as I go so that's actually track my face as I go so that's actually track my face as I go so that's nice for recording videos but also for nice for recording videos but also for nice for recording videos but also for video calls but it is it is 4K quality video calls but it is it is 4K quality video calls but it is it is 4K quality and 60 frames per second so that's what and 60 frames per second so that's what and 60 frames per second so that's what I need for my content creation purposes I need for my content creation purposes I need for my content creation purposes and it also helps with camera presence and it also helps with camera presence and it also helps with camera presence when doing consulting work and such like when doing consulting work and such like when doing consulting work and such like I'm really happy with this camera I I'm really happy with this camera I I'm really happy with this camera I don't use any other camera uh for my don't use any other camera uh for my don't use any other camera uh for my content creation and it has good content creation and it has good content creation and it has good resolution and all of these good resolution and all of these good resolution and all of these good features and yeah I I I wanted this to features and yeah I I I wanted this to features and yeah I I I wanted this to work I needed this to work work I needed this to work work I needed this to work this camera has software it's called this camera has software it's called this camera has software it's called controller which you can use to controller which you can use to controller which you can use to configure the thing but also to steer configure the thing but also to steer configure the thing but also to steer the gimbal uh sometimes when I'm the gimbal uh sometimes when I'm the gimbal uh sometimes when I'm recording I need to steer the gimbal recording I need to steer the gimbal recording I need to steer the gimbal when I do a full face recording I don't when I do a full face recording I don't when I do a full face recording I don't rely on the on the face tracking because rely on the on the face tracking because rely on the on the face tracking because that sometimes is a bit iffy so I I need that sometimes is a bit iffy so I I need that sometimes is a bit iffy so I I need to able to control the Gimbal and that to able to control the Gimbal and that to able to control the Gimbal and that happens from the software and as you may happens from the software and as you may happens from the software and as you may guess the software is only for Mac OS guess the software is only for Mac OS guess the software is only for Mac OS and windows sorry guys I I I need this windows sorry guys I I I need this camera I need this camera I need it to

camera I need this camera I need it to camera I need this camera I need it to work I was going on Reddit and some work I was going on Reddit and some work I was going on Reddit and some people had been hacking and talking people had been hacking and talking people had been hacking and talking against the API for a few years ago the against the API for a few years ago the against the API for a few years ago the API of the camera it can work API of the camera it can work API of the camera it can work theoretically but already from Reading theoretically but already from Reading theoretically but already from Reading those things I knew this is not going to those things I knew this is not going to those things I knew this is not going to work as the way I want it to this is not work as the way I want it to this is not work as the way I want it to this is not going to integrate well into OBS this is going to integrate well into OBS this is going to integrate well into OBS this is going to be a problem so I try to think going to be a problem so I try to think going to be a problem so I try to think in Solutions not problems so it's a temp in Solutions not problems so it's a temp in Solutions not problems so it's a temp it's probably a temporary situation it's probably a temporary situation it's probably a temporary situation right if I have my first freelance gig I right if I have my first freelance gig I right if I have my first freelance gig I have some money coming in then I can buy have some money coming in then I can buy have some money coming in then I can buy a better system so okay temporarily a better system so okay temporarily a better system so okay temporarily let's say these recordings only have my let's say these recordings only have my let's say these recordings only have my head in the in the screen here I can go head in the in the screen here I can go head in the in the screen here I can go back to an older 1080 camera that's back to an older 1080 camera that's back to an older 1080 camera that's probably just going to work let's factor probably just going to work let's factor probably just going to work let's factor out the camera then I have out the camera then I have out the camera then I have my microphone and this is a sure sm7b my microphone and this is a sure sm7b my microphone and this is a sure sm7b it's a podcast grade microphone that it's a podcast grade microphone that it's a podcast grade microphone that cost a lot of money this is what they cost a lot of money this is what they cost a lot of money this is what they use for professional podcasts and I take use for professional podcasts and I take use for professional podcasts and I take the quality of my content seriously and the quality of my content seriously and the quality of my content seriously and for that I also need an audio interface for that I also need an audio interface for that I also need an audio interface you can't just plug this into your you can't just plug this into your you can't just plug this into your computer you need to have an audio computer you need to have an audio computer you need to have an audio interface and the interface that I have interface and the interface that I have interface and the interface that I have is the road Caster Duo uh do we even see is the road Caster Duo uh do we even see is the road Caster Duo uh do we even see that here here here roadcast or Duo this

that here here here roadcast or Duo this that here here here roadcast or Duo this is the one that I is the one that I is the one that I have um it's an audio interface that have um it's an audio interface that have um it's an audio interface that where I can control the volume but I can where I can control the volume but I can where I can control the volume but I can also control scene switching with also control scene switching with also control scene switching with buttons and such like and I need this to buttons and such like and I need this to buttons and such like and I need this to work uh properly on my system in order work uh properly on my system in order work uh properly on my system in order to have proper audio um ingestion and to have proper audio um ingestion and to have proper audio um ingestion and again again again you you guessed it this software is only you you guessed it this software is only you you guessed it this software is only for mac and windows and to be honest with you I was windows and to be honest with you I was I was pissed off when when I figured I was pissed off when when I figured I was pissed off when when I figured this out like like I didn't like this at this out like like I didn't like this at this out like like I didn't like this at all I didn't like it at all like how all I didn't like it at all like how all I didn't like it at all like how hard could it be for these companies to hard could it be for these companies to hard could it be for these companies to just if it's all for Mac OS it can't be just if it's all for Mac OS it can't be just if it's all for Mac OS it can't be that problematic to Port that to Linux that problematic to Port that to Linux that problematic to Port that to Linux right right right well they didn't and I tried searching well they didn't and I tried searching well they didn't and I tried searching but it it was to no avail but it it was to no avail but it it was to no avail so so so unfortunately I had to um consider other unfortunately I had to um consider other unfortunately I had to um consider other options desktop Linux was just not going options desktop Linux was just not going options desktop Linux was just not going to do it I'm to do it I'm to do it I'm sorry I'm sorry I wanted to I want it to sorry I'm sorry I wanted to I want it to sorry I'm sorry I wanted to I want it to happen I wanted it to happen but I also happen I wanted it to happen but I also happen I wanted it to happen but I also need to create content I need to uh need to create content I need to uh need to create content I need to uh serve my loyal subscribers and if you serve my loyal subscribers and if you serve my loyal subscribers and if you haven't subscribed yet haven't subscribed yet haven't subscribed yet hit the button down below it really hit the button down below it really hit the button down below it really supports the supports the supports the channel so I had to try so I had to try windows I grew up on Windows I've been

windows I grew up on Windows I've been windows I grew up on Windows I've been using it for the majority of my using it for the majority of my using it for the majority of my life I love breaking away from it when I life I love breaking away from it when I life I love breaking away from it when I went to Linux but yeah maybe I had to go went to Linux but yeah maybe I had to go went to Linux but yeah maybe I had to go back it's been a back it's been a back it's been a while and you know what I was while and you know what I was while and you know what I was surprised I was surprised I was surprised I was surprised I I installed Windows 11 on my surprised I I installed Windows 11 on my surprised I I installed Windows 11 on my ThinkPad and I was surprised I I I like ThinkPad and I was surprised I I I like ThinkPad and I was surprised I I I like the UI and again I'm a I'm a Microsoft the UI and again I'm a I'm a Microsoft the UI and again I'm a I'm a Microsoft MVP so in a way it it would make sense MVP so in a way it it would make sense MVP so in a way it it would make sense for me to at least start using Windows a for me to at least start using Windows a for me to at least start using Windows a little bit in my life but yeah I I'm I I little bit in my life but yeah I I'm I I little bit in my life but yeah I I'm I I haven't been and my first experience haven't been and my first experience haven't been and my first experience with Windows 11 was a good one a good with Windows 11 was a good one a good with Windows 11 was a good one a good impression I liked it I can really see impression I liked it I can really see impression I liked it I can really see how well this works for normal or how well this works for normal or how well this works for normal or average people who who just need a average people who who just need a average people who who just need a computer to work and who need to be able computer to work and who need to be able computer to work and who need to be able to quickly find things I think we to quickly find things I think we to quickly find things I think we Microsoft did a good good good thing on Microsoft did a good good good thing on Microsoft did a good good good thing on Windows Windows Windows 11 uh and then I also started this 11 uh and then I also started this 11 uh and then I also started this feeling of yeah it might be nice to go feeling of yeah it might be nice to go feeling of yeah it might be nice to go back to Windows like what if I know back to Windows like what if I know back to Windows like what if I know enough about the terminal now that I enough about the terminal now that I enough about the terminal now that I could have my system running on Windows could have my system running on Windows could have my system running on Windows that now that I know so much about that now that I know so much about that now that I know so much about containers basically all I need is containers basically all I need is containers basically all I need is Windows to run container for me and I Windows to run container for me and I Windows to run container for me and I can have my Unix file system in there can have my Unix file system in there can have my Unix file system in there right or use WSL God forbid but even if right or use WSL God forbid but even if right or use WSL God forbid but even if I needed to maybe I could use I needed to maybe I could use I needed to maybe I could use WSL at least all of the software is

WSL at least all of the software is WSL at least all of the software is going to be compatible at least my my going to be compatible at least my my going to be compatible at least my my microphone will work my camera will work microphone will work my camera will work microphone will work my camera will work at least I can I can um and and at least I can I can um and and at least I can I can um and and everything is going to be stable I'll everything is going to be stable I'll everything is going to be stable I'll never have to fear that my system breaks never have to fear that my system breaks never have to fear that my system breaks because like Mac OS Windows just works because like Mac OS Windows just works because like Mac OS Windows just works it works so why didn't works so why didn't I well there was a I well there was a I well there was a problem it Windows used a bunch of problem it Windows used a bunch of problem it Windows used a bunch of resources I have 32 GB of RAM on my resources I have 32 GB of RAM on my resources I have 32 GB of RAM on my ThinkPad you would think that would be ThinkPad you would think that would be ThinkPad you would think that would be enough but it was using 8 GB of RAM just enough but it was using 8 GB of RAM just enough but it was using 8 GB of RAM just idling just idling open up a browser idling just idling open up a browser idling just idling open up a browser boom back on a gabt plus that hurt and then that high plus that hurt and then that high resource usage started by caused my fan resource usage started by caused my fan resource usage started by caused my fan to start blowing to start blowing to start blowing constantly and I'm sensitive to to constantly and I'm sensitive to to constantly and I'm sensitive to to sounds guys I I if there's noise around sounds guys I I if there's noise around sounds guys I I if there's noise around me I have to block it off with my me I have to block it off with my me I have to block it off with my headphones or if I'm working on a headphones or if I'm working on a headphones or if I'm working on a machine that starts blowing and and machine that starts blowing and and machine that starts blowing and and making noise like I my my I had so many making noise like I my my I had so many making noise like I my my I had so many desktop PCS that had this fan in them desktop PCS that had this fan in them desktop PCS that had this fan in them and literally when I started up and literally when I started up and literally when I started up RuneScape it would go and I would hear that for hours and go and I would hear that for hours and hours on end and I didn't know any

hours on end and I didn't know any hours on end and I didn't know any better I didn't like that was just part better I didn't like that was just part better I didn't like that was just part of the computer of the computer of the computer experience but I've done my fair share experience but I've done my fair share experience but I've done my fair share of that guys i' I've done my fair share of that guys i' I've done my fair share of that guys i' I've done my fair share of this fan noise and fan blowing didn't of this fan noise and fan blowing didn't of this fan noise and fan blowing didn't I I've experienced with my MacBook that I I've experienced with my MacBook that I I've experienced with my MacBook that I C that you can live without that you I C that you can live without that you I C that you can live without that you can live without computer noise and I can live without computer noise and I can live without computer noise and I don't want to go back and I really don't want to go back and I really don't want to go back and I really wanted it to work because I even found wanted it to work because I even found wanted it to work because I even found this window manager glaze this window manager glaze this window manager glaze WM so cool such a cool Windows project WM so cool such a cool Windows project WM so cool such a cool Windows project like look at this you can play the like look at this you can play the like look at this you can play the animation here this is on Windows look animation here this is on Windows look animation here this is on Windows look at at at this this is so freaking cool you have this this is so freaking cool you have this this is so freaking cool you have the bar on top and then you the bar on top and then you the bar on top and then you have you have a perfect Unix like window have you have a perfect Unix like window have you have a perfect Unix like window management this is so beautiful and management this is so beautiful and management this is so beautiful and seriously this this project uh glaze WM seriously this this project uh glaze WM seriously this this project uh glaze WM check it out if you are on on on Windows check it out if you are on on on Windows check it out if you are on on on Windows because if I would if I could go to because if I would if I could go to because if I would if I could go to Windows I would use this I would Windows I would use this I would Windows I would use this I would definitely use this I could have this as definitely use this I could have this as definitely use this I could have this as my window manager I could have a my window manager I could have a my window manager I could have a terminal with containers I would be a terminal with containers I would be a terminal with containers I would be a happy camper on Windows these days I happy camper on Windows these days I happy camper on Windows these days I think I would be okay I would be okay I think I would be okay I would be okay I think I would be okay I would be okay I could create my content everything would could create my content everything would could create my content everything would work I think I could I would be okay work I think I could I would be okay work I think I could I would be okay with the container based with the container based with the container based workflow so what were my Alternatives workflow so what were my Alternatives workflow so what were my Alternatives what what what what am I going to do I

what what what what am I going to do I what what what what am I going to do I could buy a new Macbook Pro and I'm I could buy a new Macbook Pro and I'm I could buy a new Macbook Pro and I'm I like I said I'm going freelance so like I said I'm going freelance so like I said I'm going freelance so I uh I uh I uh I uh I uh I uh I'm going to have a few months where I'm I'm going to have a few months where I'm I'm going to have a few months where I'm not going to have income because I'm not going to have income because I'm not going to have income because I'm finding a new gig so I have saved up a finding a new gig so I have saved up a finding a new gig so I have saved up a buffer and buying a new Macbook Pro buffer and buying a new Macbook Pro buffer and buying a new Macbook Pro that's going to cut away a lot of that that's going to cut away a lot of that that's going to cut away a lot of that buffer that I have and when I the thing buffer that I have and when I the thing buffer that I have and when I the thing is when I went freelance I had the is when I went freelance I had the is when I went freelance I had the opportunity to borrow a Macbook from a opportunity to borrow a Macbook from a opportunity to borrow a Macbook from a friend of mine turns out that my friend friend of mine turns out that my friend friend of mine turns out that my friend of mine needs it after all and that's of mine needs it after all and that's of mine needs it after all and that's basically what got me into this basically what got me into this basically what got me into this situation in the first place so that's situation in the first place so that's situation in the first place so that's one alternative buy a MacBook Pro second one alternative buy a MacBook Pro second one alternative buy a MacBook Pro second I could buy a Mac Mini even with the I could buy a Mac Mini even with the I could buy a Mac Mini even with the ThinkPad uh situation I realized that a ThinkPad uh situation I realized that a ThinkPad uh situation I realized that a Mac Mini is probably going to be more Mac Mini is probably going to be more Mac Mini is probably going to be more than enough for my needs for work doing than enough for my needs for work doing than enough for my needs for work doing my work and also for the content my work and also for the content my work and also for the content creation and video editing I could be creation and video editing I could be creation and video editing I could be fine Mac Mini is about half the price of fine Mac Mini is about half the price of fine Mac Mini is about half the price of a Macbook Pro I think it's still a lot a Macbook Pro I think it's still a lot a Macbook Pro I think it's still a lot money but it's it's it's money but it's it's it's money but it's it's it's doable doable doable unfortunately the dis Advantage is that unfortunately the dis Advantage is that unfortunately the dis Advantage is that I can't bring it with me to clients so I can't bring it with me to clients so I can't bring it with me to clients so my my my MacBook this Beast of a thing that does MacBook this Beast of a thing that does MacBook this Beast of a thing that does everything I wanted to do I just have to everything I wanted to do I just have to everything I wanted to do I just have to unplug my microphone from it put it in unplug my microphone from it put it in unplug my microphone from it put it in my bag and I have it with me and I have my bag and I have it with me and I have my bag and I have it with me and I have the exact same machine and environment the exact same machine and environment the exact same machine and environment with me wherever I am I don't go out

with me wherever I am I don't go out with me wherever I am I don't go out working in cafes that like you see on working in cafes that like you see on working in cafes that like you see on YouTube or uh I sometimes work in the YouTube or uh I sometimes work in the YouTube or uh I sometimes work in the park I'm trying to do more that these park I'm trying to do more that these park I'm trying to do more that these these days but for going to clients and these days but for going to clients and these days but for going to clients and working in the train and such like it's working in the train and such like it's working in the train and such like it's just amazing to have a good mobile just amazing to have a good mobile just amazing to have a good mobile setup another alternative would be to setup another alternative would be to setup another alternative would be to build a new Windows desktop since I was build a new Windows desktop since I was build a new Windows desktop since I was a bit Charmed by windows again that a bit Charmed by windows again that a bit Charmed by windows again that would also be an alternative I don't would also be an alternative I don't would also be an alternative I don't game anymore but having a BV Windows game anymore but having a BV Windows game anymore but having a BV Windows desktop is definitely the thing to have desktop is definitely the thing to have desktop is definitely the thing to have if I would go back to gaming at some if I would go back to gaming at some if I would go back to gaming at some point or I could stop creating content I could stop I I mean yeah I I content I could stop I I mean yeah I I could stop I could stop creating courses could stop I could stop creating courses could stop I could stop creating courses and just earn money from that uh I could and just earn money from that uh I could and just earn money from that uh I could stop but I enjoy it I like creating stop but I enjoy it I like creating stop but I enjoy it I like creating content I like sharing my knowledge with content I like sharing my knowledge with content I like sharing my knowledge with you guys I like telling this story to you guys I like telling this story to you guys I like telling this story to you guys I like the interaction I have you guys I like the interaction I have you guys I like the interaction I have with my audience and even just stopping with my audience and even just stopping with my audience and even just stopping for a few few months might be disastrous for a few few months might be disastrous for a few few months might be disastrous for the momentum on YouTube and the for the momentum on YouTube and the for the momentum on YouTube and the momentum in my own mind with creating momentum in my own mind with creating momentum in my own mind with creating all the courses and such like so that all the courses and such like so that all the courses and such like so that was not much of an alternative was not much of an alternative was not much of an alternative either either either so my conclusion what what was the end I so my conclusion what what was the end I so my conclusion what what was the end I could buy my could buy my could buy my MacBook I had I had anticipated I had to MacBook I had I had anticipated I had to MacBook I had I had anticipated I had to hand it in I did not anticipate the the

hand it in I did not anticipate the the hand it in I did not anticipate the the opportunity that I could buy the MacBook opportunity that I could buy the MacBook opportunity that I could buy the MacBook from the from the from the company and they gave me a good price on company and they gave me a good price on company and they gave me a good price on it they gave me such a good price that it they gave me such a good price that it they gave me such a good price that it it it it it it um it was manageable with my buffer with um it was manageable with my buffer with um it was manageable with my buffer with my budget that I have but also that it my budget that I have but also that it my budget that I have but also that it is just worth it that I don't have to is just worth it that I don't have to is just worth it that I don't have to clean this machine and transfer all of clean this machine and transfer all of clean this machine and transfer all of the config over and and such like which the config over and and such like which the config over and and such like which involves work which involves a mental involves work which involves a mental involves work which involves a mental transition so that was that money is transition so that was that money is transition so that was that money is also worth also worth also worth that some other conclusions were that I that some other conclusions were that I that some other conclusions were that I can work fine on a refurbished can work fine on a refurbished can work fine on a refurbished ThinkPad um I like if I wasn't a content ThinkPad um I like if I wasn't a content ThinkPad um I like if I wasn't a content creator I would be fine on that ThinkPad creator I would be fine on that ThinkPad creator I would be fine on that ThinkPad I would have no problem with just uh I would have no problem with just uh I would have no problem with just uh doing my work and being doing my work and being doing my work and being happy but the sad thing is if you're a happy but the sad thing is if you're a happy but the sad thing is if you're a content creator you're stuck on Mac and content creator you're stuck on Mac and content creator you're stuck on Mac and windows that's it if you want to create windows that's it if you want to create windows that's it if you want to create quality content with Hardware that is quality content with Hardware that is quality content with Hardware that is compatible you're stock on Mac and compatible you're stock on Mac and compatible you're stock on Mac and windows I don't like it but that's the windows I don't like it but that's the windows I don't like it but that's the way it is way it is way it is I found Windows actually to be a good I found Windows actually to be a good I found Windows actually to be a good option and uh I would consider going option and uh I would consider going option and uh I would consider going back to Windows if I if uh somehow I back to Windows if I if uh somehow I back to Windows if I if uh somehow I couldn't but in the couldn't but in the couldn't but in the end Mac is expensive but it's so so so end Mac is expensive but it's so so so end Mac is expensive but it's so so so good yeah it's just so good it just good yeah it's just so good it just good yeah it's just so good it just works all the time I have no works all the time I have no works all the time I have no problems for video creation it's

problems for video creation it's problems for video creation it's the it's the per the best solution the it's the per the best solution the it's the per the best solution there's there is just no alternative there's there is just no alternative there's there is just no alternative there it is the there it is the there it is the best recording videos 4K 60 FPS is best recording videos 4K 60 FPS is best recording videos 4K 60 FPS is nothing for this and I have a 16 GB nothing for this and I have a 16 GB nothing for this and I have a 16 GB kubernetes cluster running on this 32 GB kubernetes cluster running on this 32 GB kubernetes cluster running on this 32 GB machine as I'm recording this it doesn't machine as I'm recording this it doesn't machine as I'm recording this it doesn't break a sweat there is a fan in there break a sweat there is a fan in there break a sweat there is a fan in there but it it is not even but it it is not even but it it is not even on and it's it doesn't break a sweat and on and it's it doesn't break a sweat and on and it's it doesn't break a sweat and editing is just a pleasure there's editing is just a pleasure there's editing is just a pleasure there's seriously no delay ever I just click seriously no delay ever I just click seriously no delay ever I just click around and everything plays instantly around and everything plays instantly around and everything plays instantly it's just so smooth and I might be picky it's just so smooth and I might be picky it's just so smooth and I might be picky but these things are important if you but these things are important if you but these things are important if you spend many hours doing these kinds of spend many hours doing these kinds of spend many hours doing these kinds of things you want your experience to be things you want your experience to be things you want your experience to be good and Mac is uh is the ex is what good and Mac is uh is the ex is what good and Mac is uh is the ex is what provides me with a good experience with provides me with a good experience with provides me with a good experience with these kinds of these kinds of these kinds of tasks so it has been a nice Adventure it tasks so it has been a nice Adventure it tasks so it has been a nice Adventure it was so nice to uh experiment with what I was so nice to uh experiment with what I was so nice to uh experiment with what I could do with desktop Linux these days I could do with desktop Linux these days I could do with desktop Linux these days I could go back if I if I I wasn't a could go back if I if I I wasn't a could go back if I if I I wasn't a content creator I could go to Windows content creator I could go to Windows content creator I could go to Windows which was also an interesting Discovery which was also an interesting Discovery which was also an interesting Discovery I could consider building a desktop but I could consider building a desktop but I could consider building a desktop but in the end I'm super glad that I get to in the end I'm super glad that I get to in the end I'm super glad that I get to keep my trusted MacBook Pro with my M2 keep my trusted MacBook Pro with my M2 keep my trusted MacBook Pro with my M2 Chip in there it works well and I'm Chip in there it works well and I'm Chip in there it works well and I'm going to stick with this so this was my going to stick with this so this was my going to stick with this so this was my story from Mac OS to desktop Linux and story from Mac OS to desktop Linux and story from Mac OS to desktop Linux and back again I hope you enjoyed this and back again I hope you enjoyed this and back again I hope you enjoyed this and that this brought some value to you and that this brought some value to you and that this brought some value to you and I hope to see you in the next video have

I hope to see you in the next video have I hope to see you in the next video have a good day