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Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac

From	Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac
Date	2018-10-04 13:10 +0200
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Hello, so I have a 2011 iMac that I am considering installing Debian Linux
on. I am considering doing this because I cannot update Mac OS on this
computer anymore  (when I try to install Mojave I get an error message
saying "could not be installed on this computer, they probably do not
support the hardware anymore). As new versions of Mac OS are no longer
supported on this computer, would it be possible to install Debian Linux as
the default OS on this machine (and would it be update able for a long time
in the future)? I checked this page here:
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple but could not conclude if
this would work on this hardware. Here is the computer in questions
hardware specifications generated using System Profiler, I can send more if
needed but did not want to put my computer serial number publicly on the
list. Thanks in advance.

PS Please don't suggest Virtual Machines, as I know this is an option, but
am looking into other options. Thank you.

Hardware Overview:

   Model Name:    iMac
   Model Identifier:    iMac12,1
   Processor Name:    Intel Core i7
   Processor Speed:    2.8 GHz
   Number of Processors:    1
   Total Number of Cores:    4
   L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
   L3 Cache:    8 MB
   Memory:    8 GBb
   SMC Version (system):    1.71f2
   Hardware UUID:    8CDE71B4-EC0A-5271-953A-60E993BC0348

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Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 13:10 +0200
  Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-04 13:50 +0200
    Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 14:00 +0200
      Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-04 15:10 +0200
  Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac JulHer <julher@escomposlinux.org> - 2018-10-05 21:40 +0200
    Re: Installing Debian On A 2011 iMac Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-10-06 00:20 +0200

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