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Discussion on: What type of computer do Linux Developers use?

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Christian Kuhn

For development on Linux Mint Cinnamon I use my custom build with a Ryzen 9 3900x, PCIe4 SSD, 32gb Ram. I use it to work on ML stuff and batch building 17 flavors/releases of a React-Native app for Android distribution and I love it!
I tried installing different Linux distributions on a MacBook Pro late 2014, which I still use a lot. But I never really got thermal management to work despite putting a lot of effort in. Next laptop will probably be a Dell XPS or Thinkpad, which seem to play a lot nicer with Linux.
Anyone with experience on getting Linux to run nicely on MacBook Pro 2014? Help is welcome :-D.