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| From | "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux, linuxanswers.discussion, 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 | 2022-06-16 13:41 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <jh0j70Fbv4fU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 16/06/2022 12.45, Aragorn wrote: > On 15.06.2022 at 18:11, Mike Easter scribbled: > >> 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 > > The first Intel-based Macs were all 64-bit capable, but they would > boot a 32-bit version of the kernel by default unless a special key > combination was pressed during power-up. If the user did press that > key combination, then it would boot a 64-bit kernel, but the userland > was all still 32-bit. > > Later versions of macOS would boot in 64-bit mode only, and I'm not > even sure whether it was still compatible with 32-bit userland > software — it might have been, for a while still. Yes, the PowerPC OSX (10.5 Leopard) that did run 64bit kernel did have support to run both 64bit and 32bit applications. -- //Aho
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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
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Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-06-16 01:43 -0400
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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 13:41 +0200
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