"Upgraded" an old MacBookPro10.2 (early 2013) from Debian to Alpine Linux.
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"Upgraded" an old MacBookPro10.2 (early 2013) from Debian to Alpine Linux. Bit a pain remembering how to get the Broadcom B43 driver installed but not a big deal (Thanks, Alpine Wiki!).
Nice, snappy little machine with a fantabulous screen. It's ancient (Ivy Bridge i5-3230M!) but still very usable for light duty computing.
This machine will probably live in the garage so I can stop using my big, "good" laptop for connecting to OBD ports and flashing crap and whatnot.
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"Upgraded" an old MacBookPro10.2 (early 2013) from Debian to Alpine Linux. Bit a pain remembering how to get the Broadcom B43 driver installed but not a big deal (Thanks, Alpine Wiki!).
Nice, snappy little machine with a fantabulous screen. It's ancient (Ivy Bridge i5-3230M!) but still very usable for light duty computing.
This machine will probably live in the garage so I can stop using my big, "good" laptop for connecting to OBD ports and flashing crap and whatnot.
@RootMoose i swapped the broadcom out for an intel wifi module with a cheap (on amazon) adapter. unless you're going to run macos on it ever again then it's a nice way to get around that so it's 'out the box' with linux. you can also get an nvme adapter (i bumped mine up to 1TB).
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@RootMoose i swapped the broadcom out for an intel wifi module with a cheap (on amazon) adapter. unless you're going to run macos on it ever again then it's a nice way to get around that so it's 'out the box' with linux. you can also get an nvme adapter (i bumped mine up to 1TB).
@macer Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll see how much use I get out of it.
That machine has been sitting on shelf for like 3-4 years so I'm kinda loathe to even spend $20 on a wifi card. Ha.
The screen is so nice though. Hmm, conflicted.
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@macer Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll see how much use I get out of it.
That machine has been sitting on shelf for like 3-4 years so I'm kinda loathe to even spend $20 on a wifi card. Ha.
The screen is so nice though. Hmm, conflicted.
@RootMoose that's why i won't give up my 2013 macbook until it is struck by an asteroid. good screens are hard to come by and linux drives it perfectly.
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