After many years, I'm back on Linux. Ubuntu for the moment and 98% smooth installation.
An archaic USB device did not want to play nice and a piece of software is now behind a paywall ... BOOOOO for #enshittification !
Anyway, I'll slowly work over to the new machine until the 2015 MacBook finally detonates, LOL.
This is a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen1 for anyone interested. I didn't even give Windows a chance to boot before wiping it completely.
@SpencerWolfe Alas, you already paid the Microsoft Tax.
But good on ya. I inherited my wife's 2012 Macbook and installed Debian 12. She takes a while to boot and she ain't no Speed Demon, but the Arduino IDE works great and I can run Waterfox well enough to see the doc.
Indeed I did, :( ...
Sadly, the logic board on this Mac is about to go (seeing graphical glitches) or else I'd probably do something similar.
Oof. I cannibalized a battery from another Mac on mine. My Daily Driver laptop is a Framework 16. Works great, except I kinda hate trackpads.
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