To install additional languages, install appropriate langpack via apt sudo apt-get install language-pack- language-pack-gnome- language-pack-base language-pack-gnome-base.If wifi do not work out of the box, you can try to install the firmware using sudo dpkg -i /usr/src/b.Run the installer (In my case it had some problem removing some packages at the end, but this is no real problem) Select the /boot partition as a target for GRUB installation, otherwise the system won't boot.Add a ext4 partition and monted as / (rest).Add a ext4 partition and mounted as /boot (1024MB).Your Mac will keep on working without problems. Leave the efi boot as preselected by the installer.Select the options that work for you and use for the partition the following setup:
Use Ubiquity to install (just click on it) Select "EFI Boot" (the third option was the one that worked for me) Restart and immediately press the option key until the Logo come up
Please don't use livecd-iso-to-disk as it's overwriting ISO default grub settings and Ubuntu will not boot correctly!īoot in Recovery mode and allow booting unknown OS
ISO to verify if your extraction process went well Next you can check the SHA256 checksum of extracted.
How to install (Based on mikeeq/mbp-fedora) Touchbar (apple-ibridge, apple-ib-tb, apple-ib-als)īootloader is configure correctly out of the box.Apple T2 (apple-bce) (audio, keyboard, touchpad).This repo is a rework of the great work done by using the Kernel from. If this repo helped you in any way, consider inviting a coffee to the people in the credits or me. The ISO in from this repo should allow you to install ubuntu without using an external keyboard or mouse on a MacBook Pro. So I thought I would bring the possibility to the attention of the curious ghacks readers before they toss out those old Macs to make room for other projects.UBUNTU 20.04 ISO with Apple T2 patches built-in.
On top of that I had the whole of the Linux catalog of software at my disposal.Īnd now I am faced with reviving an aging eMac in the same way. I really felt like I was using a much newer laptop. With Linux on the machine it felt much more powerful than it should have. The version I used on the laptop was Ubuntu. The Mac in question was an old G3 800 Mhz iBook. But after a few OS X updates I realized it wasn't the processor but the version of OS X that was placed on it. At first I attributed it to the processor speed. I shouldn't have to even type the fact that the machine ran very slowly. The machine had a Gig of ram along with the G3 900 Mhz processor. When I received it it had the latest version of OS X it would support. Within the last year I purchased an older eMac which had a 900 Mhz processor. One of the issues with trying to use those older Macs is that they do not meet the requirements of newer versions of OS X. There are, and they will make that old machine seem like it's younger and snappier than it ever did. Do you have an old Mac G3 or G4 lying around doing nothing? Did you know that old dinosaur could make a great server or desktop with the help of everyone's favorite open source operating system Linux? Most people don't realize there are Linux ports for PPC.