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Ask HN: Favorite Linux distro for an Intel based Mac?

4 points by belfalas a year ago · 3 comments · 1 min read

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Hello HN! I have a few retired Intel based Mac laptops, and I am thinking to turn them into Linux machines. It’s been a while since I ran Linux desktop on the regular so I thought I would ask about the current state of the art. I am looking for something that is a good daily driver without a lot of futzing.

hrvstr a year ago

I like to use Fedora with Gnome on mine.

  • coretx a year ago

    Parent his suggestion is probably one of the best choices if stability is what you are looking for. Personally, I run arch for lazy people on a bunch of old intel macs. https://garudalinux.org/downloads

    It just performs a bit better being somewhat tweaked out and comes with what i need by default yet is still stable enough doing rolling releases despite being arch based. On top of that, the aesthetic are also a match.

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