XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:02:47 +0000, David B. wrote:   
      
   > 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!  😊   
      
   Wow, I had no idea that Google could even do that after someone chose to   
   install Linux on one of their machines. I don't think that even Microsoft   
   would be that reprehensible.   
      
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