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?

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
    7·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • Kazumara@feddit.de
      1·
      4 months ago

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