So I can’t code properly and I can’t run Lemmy or YunoHost on a VM no matter how hard I try. I wanna use it for something and put it to good use, but for what??

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[–] 21 points 7 months ago (13 children)

Put ZorinOS on it and use it as a laptop. Easy. Or Mint. Both work nicely on a 2015 Air.

I have a few and was going to use them as servers, but laptop battery management is too fussy for a server setup. Now selling them cheap with Linux.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Did they still have x86_64 CPUs in 2015 apples?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I think my computer is Intel, not Silicon, if that says anything

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Hell, Linux runs great on my nearly 20 year old 2007 iMac. Gonna miss the Intel Mac era.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I have a 2008 iMac running Mint just great.

    By the time Apple Silicon is truly old and no longer supported, they will probably support Linux fine. It won't be just Asahi either.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Well and despite how quickly it has grown, Asahi is still a work in progress and has not been updated for M3/M4 processors yet, even when the M5 has just released. I honestly feel like old Intel macs are a waaaay better bang for your buck if you want a stable server box, all of them handle Linux pretty flawlessly, in my albeit limited experience.

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