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<blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="auto">Debian is also a good option if you don't want to deal with the bleeding edge packages Arch uses. (It's generally pretty stable, but bugs do slip through more often compared to Debian for example)<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">With debian, you always get bugs and late updates. Arch is far better and never breaks<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dec 18, 2025, 13:58 by lewisharshman1@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="auto">On 12/17/25 7:49 AM, Isaac Gonzalez wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div dir="auto">Hello everyone,<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm new posting to the newbies kernel list and currently learning kernel<br></div><div dir="auto">driver and subsystem development.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Welcome to the Linux Kernel community!<br></div><blockquote><div dir="auto">I am considering working on a Macbook air with virtual machines for<br></div><div dir="auto">my learning and experimentation process. Is it reasonable or would it be<br></div><div dir="auto">better to consider native development, especially while working remotely?<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'd always suggest native but using MacOS ssh'd into a different host or running a VM are pretty okay options IMO.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Personally I'd find all this kinda cumbersome to work in, running a x86_64 machine with a native Linux Distro seems like the easier route. (although I do understand the want to use a Macbook, the M series are great on power!)<br></div><blockquote><div dir="auto">I plan to use the macbook as a remote development environment with tools to<br></div><div dir="auto">work on code inside virtual machines and remotely (ssh) to a desktop with<br></div><div dir="auto">Ubuntu 24. It has been cumbersome getting the kernel to build due to<br></div><div dir="auto">configurations in Ubuntu for certificates which do not exist in the<br></div><div dir="auto">mainline kernel so any suggestions on any other host OS are appreciated.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I generally have an easier time in Arch, but Debian is also a good option if you don't want to deal with the bleeding edge packages Arch uses. (It's generally pretty stable, but bugs do slip through more often compared to Debian for example)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,<br></div><div dir="auto">Louis<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="auto">Kernelnewbies mailing list<br></div><div dir="auto">Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org<br></div><div dir="auto">https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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