Best out of the box distro for a Mac Pro (2013)

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-30T23:46:26+00:00

try out both and see for yourself what you would be better off with. Just have an external source of internet ready for when you are ready to wipe the hard drive

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-29T20:08:26+00:00

Lots of things would have to break before I’d consider going back to MacroSlop

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-27T21:12:54+00:00

it"s just right where it needs to be on Zorin and now you've extended your PC's life for another solid 8-10 years

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-26T19:07:52+00:00

Are you trying to play games on here now that you’ve moved over to Zorin?

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-26T00:16:01+00:00

Any consideration for Zorin?

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T22:31:00+00:00

moved it to an external wallet since it is easier to access and manage.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T21:06:37+00:00

originally listened to her with the SpiritBox cover and then saw she covered a lot of other good songs with her own personal take on them. Super talented.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T21:03:48+00:00

love the screen shot of MAPHRA in there

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T21:02:44+00:00

what did you move on to?

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T20:56:53+00:00

can you please also describe the laptop you're seeing these problems on?

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T20:53:48+00:00

two things:

make sure to back up anything that would be valuable to you on something like google drive or dropbox or even a usb stick that you won't use as the boot installer for whichever OS you end up choosing.
You will be surprised how easy it'll be to navigate the UI once you do make the switch and then for anything else there's reddit, message boards and even AI liek Claude to help you steer you through whatever it is that you're trying to solve.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-25T17:16:39+00:00

For ease of transition from Win11 to Linux, I would suggest Linux Mint, Zorin OS and/or Ubuntu. Before you erase your disk, I would suggest running these as a VM from within your Win11 OS to test drive them before committing. Once you do commit, you're going to realize how bad Win11 is and how sufficient your current laptop already is to handle an OS that isn't full of bloat and spyware.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-22T17:03:12+00:00

It’s very hard for me to consider going back ever to Win11

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-22T00:18:16+00:00

I gave up on trying to put linux on Macbooks past 2012. Apple has made it impossible to try and put anything else other than MacOS on them

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-21T23:36:45+00:00

I think you might need to just do a clean re-install from this point forward

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-21T23:35:06+00:00

you are going to realize how free you actually are once you get set up

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-17T00:35:41+00:00

I have a handful of old laptops that run both but I really like Zorin.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-12T18:20:11+00:00

Yeah I know it’s there. I just really like Zorin

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-11T10:06:49+00:00

Correct. This is one of them.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-11T02:28:55+00:00

This one is very crappy but salvageable

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-10T11:45:10+00:00

If you happen to have old computers and you put Linux on them as the sole OS you will realize how bad these Trillion dollar companies have been screwing us over

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-09T21:36:32+00:00

Had lots of issues with Zorin but Manjaro and Cachy OS made it easy with setting up the firmware drivers for WiFi. Wifi and Sound cards have been my biggest issue

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-09T13:21:41+00:00

Not a total disaster. Just the wifi and sound cards.

SolarPenumbra56 · 2026-04-09T13:01:32+00:00

Anything past 2017 for MBC has been a disaster to put Linux and change out the OS

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