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Is it safe and worth it to install arch on my 2012 MacBook? Will
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Is it safe and worth it to install arch on my 2012 MacBook? Will the touchpad still be flawless?
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>>54703199

>is it safe?
Yes. There are a plethora of guides to make it happen

>worth it?
I don't know, I've mainly seen detailed guides for Debian/Ubuntu, but the Arch wiki seems to have something about it.

>touchpad be flawless?
No. Don't even have a hope of it. It'll be very usable, but not as good as OSX
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>replace real UNIX that's optimized for the system with some Pajeet tier hacky OS so you can feel like a 1337 hacker
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>>54703921
>real UNIX
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>>54703921
nice projecting
>>54703199
Are you sure about using arch?
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I use Debian on my Macbook pro 2013 as my main OS. Never had problems woth drivers or the touchpad, but don't know about your Macbook or Arch.
Wouldn't recommend Arch. If you don't know what you are doing you will just waste hours of time.
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>>54703921
>with some Pajeet tier hacky OS
LITERAL UNIX
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspur_K-UX
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>>54704016
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>>54703921
Maybe he just doesn't want Fapple to spy on him?
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>>54704040
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>>54703199
>Is it safe
Yes
>worth it
No
>Will the touchpad still be flawless?
No
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>>54704024
Just because K-UX is doesn't make the other Linux distros UNIX, you fucking moron. Hell not even OS X 10.5 on PowerPC is UNIX because Apple only had 10.5 on Intel certified.
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>>54704016
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>>54704054
But it's a fairly healthy way for them to channel their autism...
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>>54704123
>caring about the UNIX brand instead of the philosophy and compatibility
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>>54704166
I never stated what I cared about, I was just pointing out that anon is very wrong.
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>>54704189
Sorry i thought you were the same anon as >>54703921
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>>54704286
This isn't a desktop thread you piece of shit.
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>>54704318
Apparently it's some kind of fighting against the slopeman, man.

I for one am glad our new ricelord ironically got rid of the ricing threads.
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>>54704024
>Inspur_K-UX
>K-UX
>KUX
>cucks

what did xe mean by this?
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>>54704005
I've used arch before on non aplel computers idk
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>>54704166
>Doesn't know the UNIX brand is the certification for POSIX.

Remember when The Linux Foundation submitted the LSB and failed POSIX and thus couldn't get the UNIX brand certification?
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>>54703199
you can run into issues but there are a decent number of guides or forum threads on issue
I got the battery to work pretty well running arch on 2013 macbook air, as far as if it is worth it for you, I can't say as I never used it as my main computer
if you really like arch then why not
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>>54703199
>worth it
hell no
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