Linux on MacBook
Linux on MacBook
Hello everyone, I just got a used MacBook Pro from 2017 and I’m really excited to try it out. I miss the dual boot setup from my old laptop, but I want to know if it’s possible. Do you have any guides or tutorials on installing Linux on that model? I’m especially interested in using Kali Linux. Thanks for your help, and I apologize if any of the words were misspelled! Looking forward to your advice. Ty, a Brazilian friend
not exactly a MacBook but I once installed Gentoo on an iBook G4 12" when it was first released... it ran PowerPC architecture. There was some hardware compatibility mainly because PowerPC was common among IBM products. During the Windows era, especially at the beginning, support was strong. For PCI/PCI devices and communication gear, it worked well, though those were the toughest on Linux back then. By the time Intel Macs came around, Apple became more cautious about sharing details, making it harder to find compatible drivers. Now with M1 chips, things seem less secure compared to the PowerPC days. You might be lucky to find several distros that run smoothly, but beware of security-related hardware like fingerprint sensors. For bootloaders, you could try this fork of Refind: https://github.com/dakanji/RefindPlus
Hello! Welcome. My name is Chris and I’m exploring running Linux on a 2009 MacBook Pro versus an open-core OS X setup. I’ve done some research but still want to know which Linux distribution would work best for this project. Endeavor OS caught my attention because of its automatic driver updates. I’m not sure where to start, so any guidance would be really helpful.