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Re: What are the best live (not installing yet) Linux distro to boot from a bootable USB stick in a 13.3" 2020 Intel MBP to try out?

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, alt.linux, comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.portable
Subject Re: What are the best live (not installing yet) Linux distro to boot from a bootable USB stick in a 13.3" 2020 Intel MBP to try out?
Date 2024-07-27 10:09 -0400
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On Fri, 7/26/2024 7:15 PM, Ant wrote:
> In alt.linux J.O. Aho <user@example.net> wrote:
>> On 25/07/2024 20.58, Ant wrote:
>>> In comp.os.linux.portable Auric__ <not.my.real@email.address> wrote:
>>>> Ant wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What are the best live (not installing yet) Linux distro to boot from a
>>>>> bootable USB stick in a 13.3" 2020 Intel MBP to try out these days?
>>>>>
>>>>> Details: 13.3" 2020; A2251 model; MWP62LL/A; Intel Core i7 (2.3 GHz;
>>>>> quad-core 10th gen. i7 CPU; 8 MB; L3 cache (Turbo Boost up to 4.1 GHz)),
>>>>> 32 GB of 3733MHz LPDDR4X RAM, 2 TB PCIe-based SSD (FileVault enabled),
>>>>> Intel Iris Plus graphic, macOS Ventura v13.6.7, 4 Tb 3/USB-C ports, etc.
>>>>> from 12/29/2020. Using Apple's USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter with
>>>>> ASUS VA27DQSB 27" 1080P monitor(HDMI) & an old USB-A (with Apple's USB-C
>>>>> to USB Adapter) mouse.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
>>>
>>>> As far as Linux is concerned, your Macbook is just an x86-64 machine, so...
>>>
>>>>    https://distrowatch.com/search.php?category=Live+Medium&architecture=x86_64
>>>
>>>> Top result (rated by "popularity") is MX Linux. Personally, I use Slackware.
>>>
>>> So any distributions will work all the hardware features in this 2020 Intel MBP?
> 
>> The majority of amd64 (alias x86_64) based distros should work out of 
>> the box.
> 
> I tried https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-12.6.0-amd64-kde.iso, but its wifi didn't work. I guess no wifi driver.
> 

When Wifi questions come up, it helps to collect

   lspci
   lsusb

or whatever, to get some idea what hardware is in the box.

This helps focus the discussion on the correct recipe.

The Broadcom drivers, there were at one time, too many of
them, so the install procedure needs a blacklist to get
rid of the ones not wanted. Broadcom is a challenge on
a vanilla Linux effort, and the Mac situation is not
going to change that. It should be just as hard to do on
the Mac. Other brands of Wifi, the driver situation
isn't as messed up.

At one time, a popular RealTek Wifi was not in distros,
and you had to track down a solution from some web site.
I think that one has made it into distros now, so that
should disappear from the "list of nuisances".

The Broadcom should be cleaned up by now. I think more
than one person has figured it out. Whether it is cleaned up
though, only someone with the Broadcom can tell us.

*******

Example. I searched for "Broadcom wl blacklist", where "wl"
is likely to be the one that works. Broadcom is the gift that
keeps on giving.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/511570/blacklisted-broadcom-drivers-are-still-loaded

   Paul

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