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I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the Mac laptops one sees at such events are actually running a Linux desktop. Apart from EFI quirks, Macs (especially older

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the Mac laptops one sees at such events are actually running a Linux desktop. Apart from EFI quirks, Macs (especially older Macs) tend to be Linux friendly which extends their life far beyond Apple's official support lifecycle. You can even keep a PPC Mac alive and useful thanks to Linux support. I've got a 2006 era Mac mini that is only officially supported to 10.6 Snow Leopard; I've managed to install 10.7 Lion via an installer hack, but it's slow and unstable. Meanwhile the most recent releases of Slackware, Debian, and Ubuntu all run fine and in Slackware's case, blazing fast on that old piece of kit.

baldfat 9y ago
Linux runs pretty poorly on Apple Hardware. I have tried 2 times and the rule of thumb is 2 generations back has the best support since it takes a while to iron out the bugs. I laugh at people when they say they use Linux on their new Macbooks and they say they have a partition but don't really use it due to something. Macbook 2016-2017 Not Working - Input and Output Sound - Doesn't Work - Suspend - Doesn't Work - Bluetooth - Doesn't Work - Touch Id - Doesn't Work (Not surprising) - Wifi on 13.2.and 13.3; 14.2 and 14.3 - Doesn't Work https://gist.github.com/roadrunner2/1289542a748d9a104e7baec6a92f9cd7 https://gist.github.com/roadrunner2/1289542a748d9a104e7baec6... https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux
- morganvachon 9y ago
  "the rule of thumb is 2 generations back has the best support " That's exactly what I said, older Macs (as in those no longer supported by Apple) are great candidates for Linux.