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My grandma just gave me her old MacBook Pro (MacBookPro11,1 A1502) and, after removing a spicy pillow, air dusting everything, and copying off her old photos, I'm ready to do a clean install.

I would like to dual-boot either Linux or BSD (which will be my main partition) alongside macOS (which will be handy for testing and for use with certain peripherals; either Mavericks, High Sierra, or Big Sur).

I am already well-versed in unix-like operating systems, so I'll only start having trouble if I try to use a source-based distro (e.g. Gentoo, Source Mage, LFS, etc.)

Can I have some recommendations for the Linux and the macOS version, please?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would like to dual-boot either Linux or BSD

Since you menrioned BSD, might be worth checking out helloSystem. Would feel right at home on a MBP I reckon.

Similarly, a Linux alternative could be elementary OS - despite its relatively low popularity, it's actually a pretty solid and polished distro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

helloSystem sounds miserable. Copying all the weird things that macOS does and hiding how things work in favour of "simplicity"