• megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    I’ve got a 2012 Mac book pro with arch Linux running great on it, other than some jiggery with the WiFi driver.

    If it’s intel, it is totally a non issue that it’s a Mac, other than the ones from around 2012 need a couple of extra commands to get WiFi connected in the instillation image boot , and an extra package needs to be specified for instal to make sure it will be able to connect afterwards. Ethernet works without any jiggery or pokery.

    • thecoffeehobbit@sopuli.xyz
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      10 hours ago

      Can confirm, arch runs fine on my 2014 macbook pro too. Does definitely require some adjusting to get there, but if you wanna use arch that’s a given anyway. Gnome desktop has decent multi touch support for the trackpad out of the box IIRC.