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I use a MacBook Pro 2012 as a secondary computer and I find it very exciting to install Linux on beautiful hardware like these old Macs.
It’s surprizingly Linux friendly (except reseting the wifi once a year). I don’t know why but previously I never thought you could install Linux on a Mac😅
I have a 2011 MBP running Arch (btw). The thing won't fucking die. Well, apart from the battery, which went spicy as hell a couple of years ago.
x86: it’s easy peasy
arm: asahi is where you need to go, and the most recent chips are not really very well supported
Well for arm it might come but since you can’t really upgrade these new Macs, they are less interesting in a way..