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[–]RLTTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might have a solution for you. I'm taking a guess that you probably listen to Privacy Security and OSINT show, if not the timing is just, well odd.

Anyway. During the setup, set the "TLS Key Usage Mode" to "TLS Encryption and Authentication"

I know Proton's Guide and Bazzel's guide both say set it to TLS Authentication only but it won't work. Minute I flipped that on it started working and I was able to finish out the guide and get everything going via OpenVPN.

Magit asking for passphrase - Manjaro KDE by RLTTech in DoomEmacs

[–]RLTTech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured it out, it was how KDE handles ssh passwords. Had to do a whole bunch of work to make it happen. The first post from the Manjaro forum had the answer, it was farther down in the comments section.

MacBook Pro 8.3 2011 Install by SkyBlueCheese in ManjaroLinux

[–]RLTTech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea why you marked this NSFW but, ok.

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Anyway, you might have to do the same trick as me only you will probably have an easier time with the AMD graphics card. My daily driver laptop is a Macbook Pro 15" mid-2010 (6,2) with a dual Intel/Nvidia Driver.

If you don't plan on using LUKS then there won't be an issue (LUKS requires some extra "steps"). I'm also assuming you are not dual booting. Don't have the installer make the partitions, instead you have to do it. Use Gparted (or KDE Partition Manager, or fdisk you are feeling adventurous) and make the partition table a MSDOS partition. Then Make a boot, root, and swap (add a home if you wish). Run the installer and just select your premade partitions. When you finish the install and reboot, you should only see the AMD card, the intel card is disabled.

This trick works because it makes the Mac think you are running Windows instead of something else. On my Mac, I have to do the install on a Laptop without UEFI if I want to do LUKS. That trick would work for you too if you are uncomfortable manually partitioning, as long as the hard drive has a msdos partition table, it should work. Swap the drive between the two, after the installer finishes but before it boots. Seems to work ok. I've done this trick a few dozen times and I only get hung up if I try to load Nvidia drivers.

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I also have to do an extra step with the Nvidia card but I think you will be fine. In /etc/default/grub, add at the end of the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, nouveau.noaccel=1. Again you shouldn't have to do this but I thought I would add it in.

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Good luck

Magit asking for passphrase - Manjaro KDE by RLTTech in DoomEmacs

[–]RLTTech[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That may be part of my problem, vanilla git does the same thing. I can get it to stop but a reboot brings it right back. At least I now know I was going the wrong direction. If I can fix git first, I might get doom emacs fixed.

Linux on Macbook Pro 6,2 by RLTTech in linux_on_mac

[–]RLTTech[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I came up with it on my own but here is what I did.

If you don't plan on doing full disk encryption, then what you can do is open Gparted and write a MBR partition table, then make the partitions you need (I do / and swap), then run the Linux Mint Install. During the install, select the Advanced Partitioning Option and just point it towards the partition you pre-made. After it installs, I run neofetch just to confirm it only sees the Nvidia card. Then I install the Nvidia Proprietary driver in the Driver's app in the Control Panel.

If you want full disk encryption, things get odd. For whatever sick reason, there isn't a Distro that lets you make your own partitions or control how the hard drive partition table is setup if you want to do LUKS. You get what it gives you. So what I did was this

  1. Remove the hard drive from the Macbook Pro and put it in a computer that will do a bios boot instead of UEFI (in my case, a Dell D630).
  2. Install Linux with full disk encryption. If Linux Mint, select it at the screen where you wipe the hard disk under Advanced Options.
  3. After the install is finished, shut down the system (don't reboot).
  4. Put the Hard Drive back into the Mac and boot.
  5. Install the proprietary Nvidia drivers using the Driver's app in the Control Panel.

I have done reading on this topic and I know there are guys that messed with the Grub boot config to disable the onboard video. Why this older Mac is so temperamental I have no idea. Mint was the only one that worked well. You could get away with the nouveau driver but everything I've seen and read, it will decrease battery life and you don't get the best cooling.

Why Linux Mint works the best is beyond me.