<div dir="ltr">Fair enough :) <div><br></div><div>You may have better luck with regular Ubuntu as I think it has better Hi-DPI scaling support etc, or if you're feeling adventurous try the Ubuntu 18.04 alphas when they hit... ;)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Richard Meyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meyerri@gardenshark.org" target="_blank">meyerri@gardenshark.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Benjamin, Please consider yourself reprimanded ... ;)<br>
<br>
I am using it and (don't let the others see this - I quite like it), but<br>
I would like to install anyway.<br>
<br>
It's not a "have to" unless you count the vow I made back in the<br>
previous century to never support Apple in any way to be binding.<br>
<br>
I bought a second-hand one, (so that Apple didn't get the money) and<br>
found the keyboard and screen to be really nice. It's a retina screen,<br>
so the Linux fonts are really, really minuscule.<br>
<br>
It's something I want to do.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 17:25 +0800, Benjamin wrote:<br>
> I might catch some flak for this, but macOS is worth giving a proper<br>
> shot if you've never used it before.<br>
><br>
><br>
> When I bought my rMBP a few years back I was certain I would<br>
> immediately ditch macOS in favour of some Ubuntu variant, but gave it<br>
> a chance and liked it.<br>
><br>
><br>
> You can install many of the same things with Homebrew that you can on<br>
> Linux and I haven't yet found a good reason to jump ship.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:55 PM, Euan de Kock <<a href="mailto:euan@dekock.net">euan@dekock.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've been actively running Fedora on an old Pro (model a1278)<br>
> for a few years now with no issues. The only real tweak I had<br>
> to make was to force the kbd to treat the numbers as the<br>
> unshifted keys.<br>
><br>
><br>
> With a decent ram upgrade and ssd drive it's a good machine<br>
> for general use.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I've found one corporate WiFi network that chokes, but all<br>
> normal WiFi hotspots work fine.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Euan.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 4 Jan. 2018 16:34, "Richard Meyer"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:meyerri@gardenshark.org">meyerri@gardenshark.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi there,<br>
><br>
> I have succumbed to the Apple media machine and bought<br>
> a second hand<br>
> MBPro off Fleabay - it's a nice machine, fairly snappy<br>
> and so on and the<br>
> touchpad is great - keyboard not too bad either.<br>
><br>
> Anybody taken it to the next step and installed OFOS*<br>
> on it yet?<br>
><br>
> I've used to magic of Google - mea culpa - should have<br>
> used DDG, I know,<br>
> and found quite a lot, lots written by almost<br>
> technical people.<br>
><br>
> Also Youtube has a lot - some of it total gibberish<br>
> and others, full of<br>
> how to install as a VM.<br>
><br>
> I have booted from USB stick and messed around, but<br>
> wasn't able to get a<br>
> network connection (WiFi) (Kubuntu 16.04)<br>
><br>
> If I were to bite the bullet and go ahead and install,<br>
> what are my<br>
> chances?<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> * OFOS - Our Favourite Operating System<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Richard Meyer<br>
><br>
> As the ghost of a sceptic, I tend to stay pretty<br>
> quiet.<br>
><br>
> Linux Counter user #306629<br>
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<br>
As the ghost of a sceptic, I tend to stay pretty quiet.<br>
<br>
Linux Counter user #306629<br>
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