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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What did you do to get the keyboard and mouse to work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

nothing, they just worked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, mine was a pain in the ass. Haven't sorted it yet. Must be a different chip set.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I have Batocera (Linux-based emulator platform) on a 2011 Mac Mini.

The only caveat is its weak integrated graphics chip that struggles to emulate fifth generation (PSX, N64, etc) and newer consoles, but since I pretty much only play 16 bit and older it's been a solid machine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I'm currently daily driving a 2011 MacBook Pro running Arch, and it does surprisingly well. I mean, the screen is a weird resolution, the battery life sucks, and it gets very hot, but other than that ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Mine is 2009 15 inch model. I love it and I have been using it for more than a year. However, sometimes it is quite annoying to use, battery barely holds a charge, it sometimes completely freezes for around 10 seconds (with a lot of ata errors, I am assuming that the SATA cable is the culprit), fan are rattling and Nouveau sometimes breaks itself. The problem is that replacing all these parts would get really expensive, at least if I bought most of them from iFixit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

battery is cheap and easy to replace though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Orly? I might have to look into that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (15 children)

What, how???

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[–] gravitas_deficiency 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tbh those things are great little thin clients to leave near your couch, despite their age