TCB13

TCB13, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

What’s the problem with running an older OSX? github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy

Despite the CPU being 64-bit, the distro MUST be 32-bit. This is because of the MacBook’s BIOS, which prevents 64-bit bootloaders from working.

That’s the thing, you can run a 64-bit distro as long as you’ve a 32 bit grub starting it :) You run Debian 12 amd64 on a 32 bit EFI:

As of 2023 and Debian 12 the amd64 installation media (available in netinst form) includes the UEFI boot loaders necessary for both i386 and amd64 boot. By selecting “64-bit install” from the initial boot menu, debian-installer will install a 64-bit (amd64) version of Debian. The system will automatically detect that the underlying UEFI firmware is 32-bit and will install the appropriate version of grub-efi to work with it.

wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Support_for_mixed-mode_syste…

Enjoy.

TCB13, 1 year ago

I am running 10.6. Chromium Legacy is for 10.7 and above

Can’t you run 10.7 on that laptop? It seems like you can, and that will greatly improve your software situation. Another thing to consider is to replace the HDD with an SSD. That computer will run any SATA drive (I’ve tested with modern WD blue drives), just grab something like 250GB for 30€ and enjoy speed.

There was also another user who gave me a link to some software that modifies mixed-mode ISOs so that they will boot on my potato laptop.

Yes but Debian provides that out-of-the-box and officially supported. That means everything will work fine and as stable as Debian is usually.

TCB13, 1 year ago

Isn’t that more like a Figma? Made for App and Web design?

TCB13, 1 year ago

Immutable distros are yet another future money grab attempt.