What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
Programmer; founded comma.ai and tinygrad, and was the first to unlock the iPhone.
3 things
OmarchySoftware DHH
I’ve been running Omarchy which I have been quite happy with. It fixed the problem I always had with Arch, which is how customizable it is. It’s a great OS (why isn’t apt-get multithreaded yet?), leave the customizability there, but pick some good defaults with taste.
Blog post on trying to replace his MacBook with a Linux laptop
geohot.github.io ↗·2025-11-28Wrong?
amd_s2idleSoftware AMD
I got idle lid-closed power down to 0.2W with the help of AMD’s awesome amd_s2idle script. This is similar to a MacBook, and is 15 days in a bag.
Blog post on trying to replace his MacBook with a Linux laptop
geohot.github.io ↗·2025-11-28Wrong?
HP ZBook Strix HaloHardware HP
I bought a HP ZBook Strix Halo and a Framework 16. I’ve been daily using the HP, the Framework gets here hopefully this week and maybe I’ll stream it when I get it.
Blog post on trying to replace his MacBook with a Linux laptop
geohot.github.io ↗·2025-11-28Wrong?
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