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   From: David@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 21/01/2026 17:13, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:35:53 +0000, David B. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 21/01/2026 13:49, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>> I imagine that this situation is similar to the one in Egypt in 1968   
   >>> where 250,000 people saw the Virgin Mary walking on the roof of a   
   >>> church for around three years yet decided to remain muhammedans. It   
   >>> takes a lot of faith to remain an ignorant muhammedan, and I guess it   
   >>> takes the same to remain an Apple zealot.   
   >>   
   >> For your interest, I am successfully running Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon   
   >> 64-bit on a 2008 24 inch iMac and the same on my 2017 27 inch Intel   
   >> iMac. On the latter I’m running Mint from the Internal 2TB spinning hard   
   >> drive and running macOS Ventura on an external 1TB SSD.   
   >>   
   >> Few problems have been experienced – just a wired mouse needed at times   
   >> and a connecting wire from my wireless keyboard to my computer at the   
   >> outset. Otherwise, all works as one might hope!   
   >   
   > Linux always runs great on Macs, even ancient ones. However, I must   
   > mention that on the MacBooks made in the mid-10s, the webcam is never   
   > likely to work in Linux and wireless won't work out of the box. It's not   
   > the fault of the Linux kernel though, the firmware for that hardware is   
   > proprietary. This is yet another argument against proprietary hardware.   
      
   Thank you for that.   
      
   I have a good friend who bought a brand new Chromebook which he cleverly   
   adapted to run Linux. Google though, in turn, managed to oust Linux and   
   return the hardware to Google's own software!   
      
   Some things are just magical!  😊   
      
   --   
   Kind regards,   
   David   
      
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