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

Subject	Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro?
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From	"25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net>
Date	2022-06-16 22:31 -0400
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On 6/15/22 2:42 PM, Ant wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I have a 14 years old old MacBook Pro (15" A1260 model, unibody; 2.4 Ghz
> Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB (667 MHz) of DDR2 SDRAM, 200 GB HDD, NVIDIA
> GeForce 8600M GT (256 MB of VRAM), & Mac OS X (El Capitan v10.11.6))
> from early 2008. Its software are too old, unsupported, and too slow.
> 
> I'm 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.
> 
> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
> 

   Try Antix ... it's pretty small, but has just enough
   features and user-friendliness. DO replace those
   inevitably DEPRESSING splash-screens though ....

   Google "Lightweight Linux Distros" ... you will find a
   number of choices. Some suck, others are kinda ok.
   One or two could probably be run on the original
   IBM-PCs. BUT ... you're really not bringing a huge
   dose of hardware to the table so you'll have to take
   what you can get.

   A Core2-Duo really isn't all THAT horrible so long
   as you're not using Winders) and 2GB is more than
   plenty. Now if you were talking a 286 chip and 512Kb :-)
   I still use a Core2-Quad for various tasks and it can
   run MX real easy and Mint/LXDE adequately. I used it
   as my main daily/development box until just a few
   years ago - didn't need anything faster. The i5 G9
   HexCore IS a bit snappier though ... I'll retire
   before I need to replace that. Can't run 8/16-bit
   executables though .......

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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 13:42 -0500
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.mhome.org> - 2022-06-15 20:23 +0000
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-15 23:16 +0000
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        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-06-16 16:29 -0400
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          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-17 11:03 +0100
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              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-17 16:32 +0100
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      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-16 02:56 +0000
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2022-06-18 19:49 +0000
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        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-18 20:09 -0400
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-16 22:31 -0400
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          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008? MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-19 13:49 +0100
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              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-19 17:37 +0100
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                Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-21 11:11 +0100
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  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-25 23:59 -0500
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BZ959" <25BZ959@nada.net> - 2022-06-26 01:31 -0400
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