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

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro?
Date	2022-06-15 18:11 -0700
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Ant wrote:
> Which ones do I get fromhttps://mxlinux.org/download-links/  for it?

I seem to remember someone Mac saying something about part of the Mac
being 32bit in spite of a 64bit cpu; maybe you should get the

> MX-21.1_386, containing a 32 bit PAE kernel from Debian Stable, 
> suitable for systems that are 32 bit only.

The guy who dev/d the refind has these things to say about your El
Capitan 10.11

https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html

> Apple's macOS 10.11 (aka El Capitan) added a new feature, known as
> System Integrity Protection (SIP), aka "rootless" mode. This feature
> causes some consternation for advanced users, because it restricts
> what you can do with your computer, even as root. This page is
> dedicated to this feature, including basic information on why SIP
> exists, how to install rEFInd on a computer with SIP enabled, and how
> to use rEFInd to manage SIP.




-- 
Mike Easter

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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
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