• megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’ve got a 2012 Mac book pro with arch Linux running great on it, other than some jiggery with the WiFi driver.

        If it’s intel, it is totally a non issue that it’s a Mac, other than the ones from around 2012 need a couple of extra commands to get WiFi connected in the instillation image boot , and an extra package needs to be specified for instal to make sure it will be able to connect afterwards. Ethernet works without any jiggery or pokery.

        • flandish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          i… gasp… sigh. you are correct. to be fair and show my age, my first linux box was slackware on a 486dx. had that bad boy in a plexi case serving up badass 90’s era perl scripts. 😂

      • Spectrism@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Is it one of the more recent ones, i.e. one with a T2 chip? If so, T2 Linux might be for you. Got Arch running on a 2019 MacBook Pro this way. The WiFi kernel module causes quite a few issues, so it’s a bit of a pain to install and even after that, WiFi will stop working occasionally, but reloading the kernel module helps if that happens. Definitely far from perfect, but still somewhat usable.

        I think it’s also possible and easier to install on older MacBooks without the T2 chip, but not sure since I have no experience with those.

        • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Linux on older Intel Macs is genuinely a 10/10 experience in most cases I’ve run it on. The one hiccup that comes up is needing to add NOMODESET to* your grub entry.

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s wild to me that someone like Linus has the time and mental capacity to compose these. It’s kind of nice to see that you can act like an unemployed Reddit mod no matter your other responsibilities. I too like to act that way occasionally.

  • diptchip@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I disagree. Evolution would accelerate if everyone had a gun. Also, the kernel has grown out of control. OpenBSD for the win!