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Most truly serious professionals I know are either using macOS with Homebrew or Arch Linux. They’ve accepted they need to take managing their OS into their own hands because anyone else will bungle the job. They spend a few weeks to learn their OS’ internals in depth and then rarely lose significant time troubleshooting issues in the future.

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Most truly serious professionals I know are using Windows 10 or 11 on a work provided Lenovo/HP or Dell laptop.

Agreed, seem like a very pretentious comment from OP that doesn't seem related to the real world.

Indeed. As a professional freelance consultant, I use the laptop provided by the customer. Guess what? They're always running Windows.

> Arch Linux

Seriously?

1. Paid apps normally support Ubuntu out of box, but it's rarely a case for Arch. AUR is not a "professional" place at any senses.

2. Arch is a rolling distro that breaks completely randomly. Major breakages are introduced by both the distro and upstreams.

Ah I knew that there would be an Arch user somewhere around here. Meanwhile I've used Ubuntu for over a decade with virtually zero issues and during that decade Arch users both newb and old have continued to declare there is only one true OS and that I'm doing it wrong while I tell them "I'm glad you enjoy your OS"

Seems like you’ve switched the positions :)

I can learn MacOS or Arch "internals in depth" -- even the proprietary stuff in MacOS -- in "a few weeks?"

I'm glad I use an OS where I don't have to know the internals.

We don't have the same "serious professional" bubble.

I've never seen any colleague, customer, or supplier get provided anything other than a Windows laptop.

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