Modern Ubuntu is KILLER on old Intel Macs!

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  @lucyinchat · 3 years ago · pinned

  it's gnome4X now.

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  @OZ3SR · 3 years ago

  Replacing the thermal paste on old laptops can also often help a lot, since it often dries out and the cpu then starts throttling.

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  @PhoticsTV · 3 years ago

  Just recently I put Ubuntu on a 2017 MacBook Air. I put Kiwik on there, with lots and lots of offline data — like Wikipedia. It's now a prepper laptop. 😄

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  @zenbrandon · 3 years ago

  My dad gave me his old 2012 MacBook Pro when I started school, and running MacOS on it was so sluggish. I installed Linux Mint on the system instead and it gave the machine a whole new life! I'm definitely going to try to use Ubuntu on it as well just to see how well it works. Excellent video.

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  @PhillyMJS · 1 year ago

  Very helpful video. I just revived an 11" 2012 MBA 8/256 that had been sitting on a shelf for 9 years. Popped in a new battery and loaded it up with Debian 12. That'll make a nice, lightweight travel laptop that I won't stress over getting damaged/lost/stolen.

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  @Rusty_Gold85 · 2 years ago

  That gives  all the pre 2011 macs or Imacs a new lease of life for the Poor or disadvantaged . They can be saved from E-waste or the back of cupboards

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  @SyphistPrime · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m apart of a discord for Minecraft optimization mods and i would like to point out that Java Edition tends to run the best under Linux, especially on old hardware, and even more so on old Intel integrated graphics. 23.04 was probably the right choice for performance in MC too as you would have a more up to date Mesa driver than 22.04 LTS. Nothing wrong with showing off the gains, just something interesting to note about Minecraft. This thing with Sodium and Lithium could probably stay above 30 fps easily on a proper render distance and if tuned right could possibly even do around 60 fps.<br><br>Also Fast graphics are kinda &quot;broken&quot; in the sense that they don&apos;t increase performance due to a bug that&apos;s been around for a while. Most of your gains were from lowering your render distance.<br><br>Still, I loved the video and it was entertaining to watch over my lunch break.

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  @pixelpusher8986 · 3 years ago

  Hey great video. And yes… I’m currently running Zorin OS an Ubuntu distro on my 2012 iMac and 2013 MacBook Air. Tried Ubuntu desktop for a few months and later fell in love with Zorin OS gui. It’s much more stable and absolutely beautiful.

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  @Ropeng · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipJceL253Fo&amp;t=505">8:25</a> right click (secondary click) on the program and choose open. The app will open without the settings to allow you to open the program.

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  @zenginellc · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipJceL253Fo&amp;t=981">16:21</a><br>&quot;I don&apos;t see anything&quot;<br><b>*stares right at &quot;FPS mode: LimitVSync&quot;*</b>

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  @randallsmith2521 · 3 years ago

  I got a couple of old 2010 Core2Duo Macbook Airs from an IT guy I know who was going to recycle them. He had some programmers who insisted on them because of form factor, but his company didn&apos;t support MacOS. They all came to me with Linux installed on them. I ended up installing MacOS and selling them, but they really were fantastic light weight Linux Machines.

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  @grandmaster101587458 · 3 years ago

  I got a MacBook Pro early 2013 from a friend and while it absolutely struggled to run MacOS Catalina as well (As that&apos;s the last supported version it got as well) with various performance issues and even overheating, I installed Linux Mint on it and it felt like a whole new laptop. It&apos;s much faster and the fans even hardly rev up. I use it as an on the go/travel device when I&apos;m away from home for my more daily computing tasks that don&apos;t require me to use Windows.

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