I don't.

- MacBooks are still among the nicest if not the nicest laptops hardware-wise, so some people like to run Linux on it.

- People have older Macs that they like to repurpose. E.g., we still have an M1 Mini that was used by our daughter before she got handed down a MacBook from my wife. It's now collecting dust, but I might install Linux to use it as a headless server.

Also, this is Hacker News.

For me the definition of actively hostile would require a locked down device that needs an exploit/jailbreak to install and a cat&mouse patch/exploit cycle - but it seems that Apple intentionally designed this to be allowed - what is giving you the “actively hostile” impression?

I used Windows and Linux all my life, but got my first MacBook Air M this year. There is literally zero competition to it. It's an incredibly powerful and cheap yet fanless device. Also, it has uniform memory, which is awesome.

I wish I could install windows or linux on it because MacOS kind of sucks, but the device itself is amazing and reason enough to switch away from PCs.

>Imagine deliberately buying a $2000+ computer that doesn't work with and is actively hostile towards your OS of choice

That's how Linux has been for PCs also for most of its lifetime. Only in the recent 5-10 years things have kind of improved, slightly.

Macbook hardware is superb. I understand why people are interested in replacing the (in some parts) lackluster operating system Apple forces into it.

Apple hardware is so much better than the alternatives that people will dump thousands of hours into getting it to work with their preferred software

How do you think Linux gets to run on proprietary undocumented hardware generally?

imagine being so obtuse you go around judging how other people choose to have fun and spend their own money and "pretend you don't get it".

Dino fuel generator hooked up to Tesla EV: https://youtube.com/shorts/46bRaGP4uqM