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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 "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
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 2024-07-25 21:49 +0200
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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.

-- 
  //Aho

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