To answer the question in the OP: This isn't so much about a specific distro as doing some stuff post-installation on ANY distroĪnyone using Linux on an older Mac should search the web for how to install hardware monitoring so the temperature sensors built in to the mac can interact with software and the OS. Unlike many of the other distros in this list, Rescatux can boot on both 64-bit and. Same applies to my Mac Pro 1,1 but that's fairly easy to install 10.11 on with a few tweaks - the rest are best kept running with Linux. The distro also ships with tools to rescue data and restore files and can wipe both Windows and Linux installs. Before you really install any of them, you can test any Linux distro online. To help you with that, I have made a list of the best Linux distros available in the wake of 2022. But there is a boatload of Linux distributions out there and finding the best can be tricky. For eg the MacBook above has a 64bit EFI and 64bit Core2Duo CPU and yet was artificially limited to Lion by Apple wanting to force obsolescence. Moreover, Macs can be pricey whereas Linux distros are usually free. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's GuideĬlick to expand.I know this is an old thread but hope the following will be useful as I've just been resurrecting an old 2008 MacBook and 2007 MacMini with Linux - after all many people started building hackintoshes because apple stopped supporting perfectly capable hardware.
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