Ah, just seen there is a separate disks app installed that partitions without this issue. So all good!
Oh wow.
I’ve had so many issues with black screens on so many distros with my mid-2012 retina 15” MBP and never knew this was the reason.
Can’t take any credit, but found this after doing some searching
A lot of it seems at least partly deprecated, had to just delete a few presets I couldn’t get to show any data
Yeah it’s plain old Conky.
Trying to be incredibly non-invasive and able to backtrack on anything I do. So nothing extra installed and no Conky Manager, all just using someone else’s conky.conf settings I found online, which I then tweaked (and removed some bits I couldn’t get working!)
Interesting. This was one of the many distros I couldn’t get to install on my 2012!
Others here with old Macs seem to have had a much smoother run than me!
You can absolutely run Linux like a champ on that machine, but for reasons I'm not advanced enough to know/understand I've struggled with even booting the live USB for multiple distros on my Mid-2012 15" Retina. Maybe it's the version of the hybrid Intel/Nvidia graphics on the model, I can't really say.
I'm currently writing this from Linux Mint on said Mac, and all is well; but I've experienced the following:
- OpenSuse installer couldn't even be seen at startup manager
- MX Linux would freeze during boot to the installer
- Elementary OS wouldn't boot following install
- Pop! OS installed the wrong Nvidia driver for the computer, and with the open source drivers stopped booting after running a few updates
- Nitrux would freeze during boot to the installer
- Ubuntu stopped booting a few days in after an update
- Debian might have worked but wouldn't detect my trackpad, wifi or USB ethernet adaptor so I couldn't properly get it installed
- Manjaro worked for a while but eventually failed after an update
- ArcoLinux wouldn't wake from sleep running the live USB
I totally recommend Linux Mint overall. I've decided I like Cinnamon best, "it just works" far more than anything else I've tried. I consider it the closest to macOS in terms of being thought about from every angle and set up and ready to go as a beginner or as a more advanced user.
Glad I read this - all my other devices block ads perfectly well already, but was wondering if I could block YouTube ads on my Apple TV... I guess not!
I was compelled by cosmic forces to skip to watching the opening credits immediately after posting this
HexagonSun
joined 10 months ago
Contrary to most advice, if you find something that’s compatible with a Wayland session (basically Gnome or Plasma) you might be pleasantly surprised.
I found that to be by far the closest I got to a macOS-like experience with Linux on a retina Mac, in terms of fluidity, trackpad scrolling and responsiveness.