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(Almost) ready to turn my beloved MacBook Air 2013 - which is gathering dust on a shelf - into a # Linux laptop (mastodon.social)
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(Almost) ready to turn my beloved MacBook Air 2013 - which is gathering dust on a shelf - into a #Linux laptop.Only problem: multiple people might have swayed me to pick Arch Linux as the distro. #ArchLinux!!! I know NOTHING but from all the Linux memes I've seen over the years, I've always been intimidated by it.Debating whether to go with it or #Mint or #Ubuntu. Thoughts?Edit / update: it's now a toss-up between Mint and Fedora. I may try Arch on my Raspi4#MySoCalledSudoLife #AskFedi

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[–] [S] 1 point 22 hours ago (4 children)

Dear Fedi friends, THANK YOU for all your advice regarding Linux distros for my Macbook Air 2013.I should have specified I'm NOT new to Linux, as I have Debian on my VPS and Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 4 (which I sometimes use as a desktop computer).I'm now torn between Mint, Fedora and Debian... so I may pick Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE)...I will make sure to document every step of the process and write about it on my blog.Thanks again for all the advice!

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  • [–] 1 point 16 hours ago

    @_elena Good luck, should be easy for you w that experience. Give Ventoy flashdrive a close look, its really useful for multi distro collection. FWIW MX I mentioned is based on Debian, and I'll admit to being biased towards it, it has so many useful tools in default install.

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    @_elena LMDE is a good pick. And makes so much more sense than the Ubuntu version. Just installed it on a MintBox Mini 2 and it runs very smoothly. (No comparison to installing it on a MacBook, if course)

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