As per title, have you experienced any distro on this device? Currently torn between mint/Debian or just vanilla Debian

  • jan teli@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m not really sure (I’ve never tried to run linux on a mac except once on a 2013 (or 2012 or 2011) 13" macbook pro (I tried ubuntu and debian stable) but the keyboard was playing up and the trackpad didn’t work while it was charging (all hardware problems, they happened in macos as well)(this was in 2021 or 2022)), but given the age of your device any modern distros should be fine.

  • DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I can’t speak for your exact model, but I’m running kubuntu on my old 2012 MacBook Pro (with an upgraded SSD and maxed-out 16 GB RAM). My daily driver is a desktop, but I spend almost as much time on the laptop. It’s a wonderful experience for my use case, and all the hardware is supported “out of the box”.

    Maybe try distro hopping a bit to see which experience is best for your usage. Have fun with it!