I Installed Zorin Pro on Mac Book Pro Intel A1707, 15´, year 2017- but I have been having a few issues that I will list here. Thank you for your time in reading this and your willingness to help.
Control + C and Control + V does not work only copy and paste with the mouse pad. Any thoughts? Thank you.
Wi-fi strengh is weak and it does not connect to certain wi-fis
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. The issue is worse than we thought. I installed copyq and when i try to configure control + c = copy and control + v = paste, copyq reads these commands as control + alt + shift + C and control + alt + shift + V. Any further ideas? Thank you
Thank you so much for taking the time to research and write this. I tried one of your suggestions and one from the articles you shared. It did not work. The git clone sounds like it would work, but not for the mic. I think this is a bigger endeavor than i had previously thought it would be. I am afraid I don't have the expertise to make this work in a short time. I think i will stick with the Mac OS Ventura for now and try to buy a Linux computer in the near future. Ventura does not have Apple intelligence on it, which is my biggest worry when it comes to privacy, so I don't think it will be huge deal to stick to it for a few more months. Have you heard anything about the Star Labs systems? I am considering one of their computers.
Intel Macs are not supposed to support Apple Intelligence, of course that doesn't mean it won't still be there creating privacy issues, just without the system being able to use the AI. I have a mid-2015 MacBook Pro Retina currently on Ventura, it's an alright system. Nice wallpaper. I haven't looked in to if I can run Linux on it, I need it for Xcode. But in general it's the older Macs like 2015 and earlier that run better on Linux. I have a mid-2013 MacBook Air that runs Linux fine with the exception of the camera (there is supposed to be a workaround but I haven't bothered) and the keyboard lights do not work (I touch type though). There is a workaround for the keyboard lights too I haven't tried. Also you have to do extra stuff to get it to sleep when the lid is closed, normally the screen just goes off but it's still running. I just power off instead. And the battery life isn't great to me. I think it'd be tricky to try putting Linux on a 2017. I'm not even sure I'll be able to put it on my 2015 when I can no longer patch it to a supported OS.
I've seen others give good reports about Star Labs but I have no personal experience. Anyway good to see you here, and I hope you get these issues resolved and find a good computer that you enjoy.
I must say that Linux Laptops look superb and have a number pad. I could afford one but I would be kicked out the house if I did. The link is on the Zorin page for Zorin Computers and they ship worldwide.
go to preferences - shortcuts - application - scroll to items as per my image - click on the plus sign to change to your key combination you want ( ctrl+c / ctrl+v ) .
click apply when done.
also add copyq to your automatic startup applications.
i keep copyq open / minimised to tray all the time ,cause i found if it's closed and i copy something , it doesn't register there.
hope it helps
Hi swarf
If you mean 'Laptop with Linux', they are good, I bought a 17.3 inch Clevo from them a couple of years ago.
In the configuration I chose...
No memory
No OS drive
No Additional Storage
Buying the same things from amazon was a lot cheaper.
Manually adding/removing, replacing is very easy.
The machine I bought came with an optical drive but swapped that out for a 2.5 sata drive caddy tray.
Ha! That’s why my first gaming notebook came with a faulty mainboard . MSI does not really have quality products, if you read their forums it’s full of complaints.
I had alot of issues with Linux Mint 17.3 with my clevo p170hm notebook. Now i know why.
Yes, Star Labs is an awesome company, who's mission statement, is to make sure that everybody has the chance to use Linux, on computers with good hardware on them. Their machines are built so that they are ready to go out of the box.
The best part perhaps? Is that when you buy one of their computer's, you get full technical support, to go along with that warranty of their's. Their computers are awesome, and for more miner reasons, I enjoy their logo and system theme.
The thing I don't like about Apple however, is they develop their computers to be very locked down, they don't want their users to install other operating systems on their machines, and you void your warranty if you do so as well.
Linux however is open source, and the Linux philosophy is FOSS, and that everyone should have the right to do computing, not just the rich class of humanity. Linux is a collaborative effort, where everyone benefits. And Star Labs, embraces this philosophy.