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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I just tried to install Ubuntu on an old MacBook and after booting neither the keyboard nor trackpad work. CMD +R reset the whole thing to a working Mac so I’m still not sold

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Linux is still a bit hit and miss, I say that using it from a Thinkpad which I was told would be a 100% sure thing but the trackpoint has never worked and the mouse randomly cuts out until I restart. It's my daily driver tho cuz I find its brand of BS more tolerable than Windows or Apple's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a PC that I use for work and a couple old Mac laptops sitting around so I’d like to fool around with Linux, found a hundred articles on how easy it is but every time I try I literally can’t make the machine do anything. Maybe I just need a cheap usb keyboard

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

One thing I do know is that Mac support is sketchy at the best of times. The comprehensive "Linux on Mac" project IIRC is Asahi Linux, so next time you want to try I would suggest using that distro specifically.

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