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I have a Macbook Air running Linux Mint. It runs pretty much perfectly on the machine with rEFInd[1] and lets you dual boot to OS X when you want to. Maybe gi
by Spoom 11y ago
I have a Macbook Air running Linux Mint. It runs pretty much perfectly on the machine with rEFInd[1] and lets you dual boot to OS X when you want to. Maybe give that a try; I didn't like OS X either but the hardware is fine!
1. http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html - Note that this project is unfortunately still hosted on SourceForge, so be very careful not to accidentally download a virus with it.
- sarmazio 11y agoWhat about power consumption? I used to run Ubuntu on my MBP2010, but was forced to return to MacOSX, since power consumption was ridiculously high. While completely idle (booted, logged in, no apps running), measured at wall socket (with a kill-a-watt): - Ubuntu fresh install: 25W; - Ubuntu with Nvidia disabled and all possible "powertop" tuning applied: 15W; - MacOSX: 8W. Playing 1080p video (either youtube/html5 or from a local h264 mkv file) is also the same - MacOSX draws 1/3...1/2 of power that Ubuntu does. EDIT: typos
- 0942v8653 11y agoIf you're using Debian Jessie (what I'm running right now) or later, don't use rEFInd; EFI install goes beautifully. If you want to dual boot OS X you can just make a boot option that runs exit and call it OS X or whatever. I'm using debian and i3 and I couldn't be happier with my setup (okay, I could, but it's a lot better than OS X!). I don't know how well GRUB EFI works with Mint but I used their live CD for the install and it seems to boot pretty smoothly.