My friend is finally willing to make the switch to Linux and wants me to help getting their laptop switched over. It's a very old Macbook. I think MacBook Air pro 15 or something? I unfortunately don't have the specs on hand at the moment but it's a very old model.

I was going to put Linux Mint on there since that's what I'm familiar with, but I'm not sure how well Ubuntu runs on older hardware. Any other distros I should consider? I should note that they're not a computer/tech person.

Edit: Macbook Air, 13 inch, from early 2015. 1.6 GHz Dual Core Intel i5. 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 Mb.

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Naw, 32-bit EFI was back before 2010. By 2012, Apple had gone fully 64-bit.

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

    That's fair, but since OP doesn't have the machine to immediately check the model number, and 2010 is within spitting distance of 2012, I figured I'd provide some additional info, just in case it's older than originally estimated.

    That said, a 2010 machine would be fairly ancient. But then again, it's 2026 and DDR3 is somehow relevant again....

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