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I've been attempting to do this by weening myself off onto Linux dual booting so I can get more things done. Unfortunately I find so many issues with UI/UX that I just get tired of looking at it and fiddling with countless distributions. I never considered a Mac for the same purpose.

The most productive I've ever been was when I had a junk HP laptop with only Arch and no internet at home.

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I switched to linux in 2010 for this reason. Removed my dual boot this year. Unfortunately curiosity and boredom got the better of me and I was able to get Star Craft 2 running in wine recently.

Hm, I guess games don’t work that well without a graphics card? On a desktop computer you could physically remove it so you’d have to plug it back in when you want to play games.

Funny thread of comments with all the ways people go about things! Here’s one, perhaps: do nothing. Set a timer on your phone, then just lie down and close your eyes and do nothing until the timer is over. Could even satisfy your information desires by mulling over old information to think of new things or remembering forgotten information!

I have some bad news for you then...

Valve has made it easier than ever to run some Windows-only games on Linux with Steam Play, which uses a special version of Wine with better graphics support.

It has been hit-or-miss for me when I wander off of the pre-approved game list, but it does make it easier.

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