Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro?

From	Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de>
Newsgroups	linuxanswers.discussion, alt.os.linux, alt.linux, alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject	Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro?
Date	2022-06-15 22:08 +0200
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Am Mittwoch, 15. Juni 2022, um 13:41:43 Uhr schrieb Ant:

> I am thinking about replacing them with Linux, but which one would be 
> suitable for it? I still want basic GUI like web browsing. I remember 
> trying doing the same for an old PowerBook G4, but I couldn't get its 
> wifi to work with various Linux installations. I hope this won't
> happen again with it.

Debian should be fine. Use LXDE or a window manager like mwm/fvwm.
For wifi, open a separate thread and post the device id (lspci shows
it).

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What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-15 13:41 -0500
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-06-15 13:08 -0700
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-15 18:55 -0500
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2022-06-15 20:28 -0400
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-15 19:44 -0500
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2022-06-15 20:46 -0400
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2022-06-16 12:38 +0200
    X-Posting (Was: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro?) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2022-06-16 07:44 +0200
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2022-06-15 22:08 +0200
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-06-15 13:21 -0700
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2022-06-16 07:54 +0200
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-06-15 13:54 -0700
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-15 19:17 -0500
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-06-15 18:11 -0700
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        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2022-06-16 12:45 +0200
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2022-06-16 13:41 +0200
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  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2022-06-16 08:05 +0200
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-16 19:28 -0500
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