The introduction of Liquid Glass earlier this year has affected me more than I want to admit. I have previously written about how baffled I am at the sloppiness in its design and implementation.
But there is something deeper than just frustration with a UI change. For many years, Apple products were a safe haven when it came to user experience design. While not every product or UI change was excellent, Apple made – on average – consistently usable products.
Liquid Glass changes that. It’s a major update that is so badly executed, that I can’t continue to hold on to that belief.
Since Windows is out as an alternative from the beginning (I have a near-endless rant about the terrible quality of Microsofts products ready whenever you want it), I took a look at Linux on the desktop again.
It has been at least 20 years since I dabbled with Linux, and it turns out that there are some pretty good options now. Putting Asahi Linux on my secondary MacBook Air worked like a charm and I’ve been using it as my personal computer for about two weeks now.
Will 2026 be the year of Linux on the desktop? Maybe it will be for me. At the very least, I want to diversify my options.