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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?
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.questions, comp.os.linux.setup
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Date 2022-06-26 01:31 -0400
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On 6/26/22 12:59 AM, Ant wrote:
> Thanks to all who answered! I wanted to try a live media before
> installing. I couldn't even boot up MBP far with random errors. I used
> Rufus, in an updated 64-bit W10 Pro. PC with
> https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/11.3.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso,
> to make a bootable 8 GB USB flash stick.
> 
> Photos:
> https://matrix.ross154.net/_matrix/media/r0/download/ross154.net/UtCzzdimSDXsSDkejfRsAlPb/ima_9c157e3.jpeg
> https://matrix.ross154.net/_matrix/media/r0/download/ross154.net/rEXcninIChudPWCTIOsKTkGT/ima_70e42e4.jpeg
> https://matrix.ross154.net/_matrix/media/r0/download/ross154.net/pGRdlmZycRXJoJOrUJsyCHJu/ima_97650d7.jpeg
> 
> I tried the same USB flash media on a 2012 MBP, and it had no problems
> booting up. :/
> 
> 
> In comp.os.linux.misc Ant<ant@zimage.comant>  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. :)
>  Dang HDD's SMART errors & failed tests meaning it's from 2016, heat 
> wave, body (tired, achy, & noisy), life, etc. Every1 is BUSY! :(


   Uhhhhhhhh ... bad SMART test = DO NOT USE !

   I'd suggest SCRIPTING those SMART tests weekly at least.
   Just run it from root cron, maybe have it send e-mails.

   I can provide a fair example of such a script if you really
   badly need it (personal/company particulars excluded, of
   course)

   You can do it all with bash ... basically run the smartctrl
   short test on each drive and send the results to a file -
   then probe the file for certain keywords and prepare your
   final report from the results. I have several boxes that
   do it every morning on all drives before biz hours. Some of
   the others have web interfaces and run such tests themselves -
   so you can just look at the reports. Anyway, a TAD clunky
   but WORKS real good. You can smarten-up the tests using
   something like a Python script instead, I've got one of
   those, makes it easier to find keywords and format/mail
   the reports. Simple, crude, gets it done.

   Need to smarten-up the reports a bit so they'll ignore
   really OLD, usually ATA, errors probably related to
   bad shut-downs. The SMART report DOES list power-on
   hours ... just gotta compare TODAYS power-on hours
   vs when the ATA errors happened. Over, say, 250 hours
   diff and it's not worth reporting.

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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? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-17 17:35 +0000
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    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 20:13 -0400
      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
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-16 12:19 +0100
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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
              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-21 00:48 -0400
                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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        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 23:34 -0400
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-27 14:13 -0500
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-27 14:15 -0500
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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) - 2022-06-27 18:02 -0500
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