It’s #BlueFriday and let’s celebrate by doing something good for the planet. The most eco-friendly device is still the one you already own!
Install GNU/Linux and run new & old HW more efficiently and for longer, reducing the disproportionate #carbon footprint from device production.
Donate the savings to #KDE and #FOSS projects to show your love for all the amazing things we achieve when we work together:
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How did you identify the issue?
ETA: There are some permacomputing communities that might fit your bill. [email protected] for instance
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Thanks for the explanation!
Lovely.
Ok, so I’m trying to get into this and have two laptops and a desktop I just Frankenstein’d together. How do I go about making a thumb drive installer? I have access to the interwebs from my phone… both laptops have busted wifi cards and the desktop will likely freak if turned on cause it’s windows 8.1 or something and totally new hardware not to mention I think both hard drives I hooked up probably have windows on them but likely not the same versions.
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You’ll need some kind of internet to download the ISOs for whatever version of Linux you chose though.
Think I’m out of devices to reasonably install GNU/Linux on 🙁 (or 🙂 depending on how you look at it)
I want to! I have a 2019 MBP that had a corporate image on it, I mistakenly wiped the drive before pulling driver stuff off of it.
Wanted to install something like Mint but saw all the driver issues without having access to the original OSX files. Haven’t looked into many other distros yet
Suggestions welcome, any Linux distro is worth trying since it’s still a solid piece of hardware.
Work system, have to return it next year for the new cycle but they just wipe it - which I already did (oops) and to reinstall I’d need a reinstall key (and don’t want the hassle, already tried).
Thanks, I’ll check that out! I’ll take finicky over bricked, at this point it’s just to see if I can get it to work for a couple months ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
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That all helps, thanks! I didn’t realize it with Mint - I’m more in line with Linux muscle memory 😁
Mac for work, Windows for my last role (15+ years IT), Linux was my daily driver for home (Ubuntu on desktop, Xubuntu on laptop) until my Win10 desktop (which is next in line for an OS replacement)
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@dropcase
I’m running @EndeavourOS on my 2011 MBP without any issues. Have you tried running any lived distro to see what hardware works and doesn’t work?
@be4fossOh nice! Yeah, I tried the Mint (Cinnamon) live distro and couldn’t get the wireless to show, for starters. There seemed to be a lot of hoops to jump through, and I used to just throw a distro on HW and figure it out. Apple is a different beast, and since I wiped it I couldn’t pull anything.
I’ll try Endeavour next - not tied to any distro, just familiar with (X/K)Ubuntu most recently (I’m an older bearded Unix/Linux fan, ha). Much appreciated!
This thread rocks. You folks are getting into recycling hardware deep. This is so encouraging. Keep you advice and experiences coming.