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What should I change?

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OSMAnd is not OSM. OSMAnd and CoMaps are on equal ground as far as using OSM.

IMO OSMAnd has more features which is great if you want them, but I prefer CoMaps for having what I need while feeling simpler. Can't really go wrong here, they're both great.

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mac or linux

I used a Macbook Pro (M1) for work and I loved it. But a few years in, liquid glass ruined everything making it laggy and incredibly frustrating to use. I had already installed Asahi and I switched to that full time, accepting some battery loss but keeping the excellent hardware still.

So, my point is that you might be able to have the best if both worlds. Look at the Asahi documentation and see if a supported (or even planned) device works for you, and use MacOS until you want to switch to Asahi. I would recommendation installing Asahi ASAP though in case Apple breaks it like they did with OS 27.

Just a suggestion based on my experience, do what seems best for you!

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I don't know the current status but the macos update broke booting into Asahi. Everything is still there, just not bootable. I just haven't booted, let alone updated, macos so I have had no issues personally.

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Benchmarking Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11

The article is worth a read but to save you a click if you don't want to: Windows 11 is the worst in all metrics. Includes startup time, RAM usage, and speed of using apps (Paint, web browser)

This is a pattern that keeps repeating: Windows 11 was last in the battery test, took longer to render a video project in OpenShot, took its sweet time opening the File Explorer window, and opening built-in applications like MS Paint left enough time to fetch a fresh cup of coffee. Not to mention Windows 11 taking the longest to open websites and scoring worst of all in single-threaded CPU-Z.

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I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks

Useless article. The type person who has Arch installed on a computer is the opposite of the demographic of the Neo. The Neo is designed for high school students who don't even know what Linux is.

The end even says that it's great for web browsing and watching Netflix. That's what it's designed to do at a competitive price, plus integrating with Apple's ecosystem.

It doesn't suck, it just wasn't made for you.

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Vertical browser tabs are better and you should use them

Best argument from the article imo:

It’s a simple matter of screen real estate. Virtually every modern computer display is widescreen, which is to say it’s wider than it is tall. Websites and web apps, meanwhile, are practically always vertical experiences. Whether you’re on a 13-inch laptop or a 32-inch behemoth of a monitor, the space from top to bottom of your computer is more precious than the space from left to right.