Hi. Got Zorin OS 15 Lite on an old MacBook White 2008. It seems fine, faster than others linux ditros I’ve been tested. But theres an annoying problem (2 in fact). Keyboard is not working. Most keys are dead and a fews got only numbers. I tried Zorin on a pendrive and I got this problem. Misteriously it was fixed. So I got intalalled the OS. What a surprise the problem was back again and no fixing anymore. But if I get an USB Keyboard it works.
The other problem is WiFi signal. It doesn’t work as well.
Hello. Unfortunately, I have to tell you external usb keyboard is missing too. Now I have no way to type anything. Even the password. I guess it’s the end
Sorry to hear about your keyboard issues and I forgot to add a bit to the command!
sudo ifconfig -a
the -a will then list all network devices. Have you tried a different USB port? Did you put the keyboard in a different port? (USB memory issue regardless of OS)
Yes I did. It didn’t work in both usb ports. It is a mysterious thing. In addition I reboot it a few times and nothing happened. Maybe I should install it again?
Well if you are looking for lightweight distros take a look at AntiX, MX-Linux.
I particularly like the latter as you can modify the live desktop and keep those settings during install so the final install resembles exactly how you tweaked the desktop. However, MX-Linux uses pae enabled kernel - it will depend whether you macbook has an intel chipset that supports pae.
Yes, that’s the one I’m looking for. I’ve tried a few Linux Mint versions. Baby steps and I’ll find more about The Linux world. MX-Linux could be the way. But I can’t understand why the MacBook could be so nasty. I have an Acer Aspire netbook with Lubuntu and it’s all good in it. And yes, you helped me a lot. Thank you.
I try to do my best, but like the school report “I could do better!”
Oh, needs 1 Gb RAM minimum but another nice distro is Sparky Linux but fear that might only be 64-bit if you are after 32-bit/i-386 distro. SolydX Community Edition was good but it seems to be vacant at the moment.
No problem, it was fine. This macbook has 2Gb RAM, Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz proc. I was wondering it could be more responsive running Linux but it’s been complicated.
Well, remember Apple don’t want you using any other product; and when it is no longer supported you have to upgrade all the hardware when you have (or had!) a perfectly(?) working machine. Better for the environment if it can still be used!
Yes, it’s true. And I have another 7-years-old one which has no longer support by the the new Bi Sur OS. They don’t give a $%@$ about the customer or the environment. The most rich company in the world could be more friendly. Let’s go find a new life to this white guy and to the silver one in the future.
