2025-07-04 02:12 UTC
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@computertruhe@social.computertruhe.de 2025-07-04 08:16
@SimonCHulse@mastodon.nz @rogerparkinson@mastodon.nz @benbradley@hachyderm.io @Endof10@floss.social Yes, that's possible. We've installed Mint on dozens of Intel-based Apple devices. Usually almost all components work OOTB. Sometimes you need a special firmware for a webcam model, e. g. Only devices with T2 chip are a little bit tricky. Here one of our members has created an instruction (only on German): https://wiki.computertruhe.de/T2_Macbooks_und_Linux Maybe it helps.
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@nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt 2025-07-04 08:42
@SimonCHulse@mastodon.nz @rogerparkinson@mastodon.nz @benbradley@hachyderm.io @Endof10@floss.social Short answer: yes. Longer answer: older Macs are more straightforward to migrate to Linux, but even the final Intel ones can be moved over to Linux (and also the M-series, but Linux support on ARM-based Macs is not as good). T2-based Macs (the last ones, like the 2018 Mac Mini) are slightly more complicated, because they require a bit of extra fiddling, but I have personally installed Linux on one, which has been in use by my SO for a few months now.