csAnyone had good luck installing #Linux distros on Intel #Mac laptops from circa 2107? I have one that can no longer be updated I rarely use it, but would like to give it a little refresh by installing a modern GNU/Linux on it, but live distros I've run have not had control over volume and other features like Wifi. Any recommendations for distros that work "out of the box" or if not, know some step-by-step instructions? Have seen some installs prompt for drivers, but if I don't have internet...
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Hannu Karponiitissa@cs Just now installing cachyos on 2019 macbook air. There were hurdles to jump with wifi, though. Briefly: had to copy wifi firmware from the existing macos install (using script and instructions from t2linux.org) and then setting up the live installer to use iwd as networkmanager backend. So, not a straight out of the box experience, but I had done this a couple of times before, to install on an external ssd. After this, I know stuff will work (for this laptop!)
AvocaI have run Linux Mint on a 2010 13" i5 MacBook Pro, 2011 Mac Pro 5,1 and, my current daily, 2015 15" i7 MacBook Pro.
Ubuntu LTS also runs OK if you're into Server stuff and CLI. Even runs on my old 2009 iMac 27".
Also Debian 13 runs fine on the laptops.
Can be a bit fiddly, but Linux Mint is pretty great OOTB.
You'll be fine.
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jloc0@cs I occasionally make live slackware ISOs with packages I maintain external to the distro included. I also happen to have an Intel Mac and ship the wifi driver (and the fan controller) on the ISOs. Maybe not your style as it’s using a Wayland window manager but well, wifi works. https://rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/