I have an old Mac Pro that has been collecting dust for years. Today I bought an SSD and install Debian on the machine. It works flawlessly.

Further reading revealed that there is an active community around the classic mac pros and thanks to their modular nature they can be fully upgraded. People even upgrade the CPUs in this thing.

So if you like playing around with a PC like the old days, that is also Linux compatible, a Mac Pro 5,1 seems a good choice. AFAIK you can get it for cheap and a decent upgrade won’t break the bank.

  • MyNameIsRichard
    4·
    11 days ago

    It does work flawlessly, or at least I haven’t encountered flaw. Why should I downplay my experience for people like you?

    • MerchantsOfMisery
      13·
      11 days ago

      Because you’re making stuff up. Literally every install of an OS has some little issue here and there-- but this is my mistake for assuming any Linux community could be humble enough to cut the BS and stop acting like Linux is a flawless experience. I’m out, keep hanging out at that ~5% market cap and wondering why folks don’t flock over despite it being free.

      • pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        11 days ago

        I have most certainly had OS installs (from every vendor) that worked flawlessly for a while. Why are you pretending as if those don’t exist?

      • Cpo@lemm.ee
        1·
        11 days ago

        Not to pretend I know it all, but have actively been using Linux on desktops and normal laptops for years now and I do have to agree.

        Those old Macs are actually quite hard to get working right (fans, touchpad etc).

        It is not impossible, but it takes quite an investment.

        But Macs aside, nowadays a lot of desktops ánd laptops install flawlessly though.