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Okay, here we go:
This is running on an open hardware platform on RISC-V (no x86, no arm64).
This is running on an open hardware platform on RISC-V (no x86, no arm64).
For reasons unknown, MX wouldn't run on this machine when I tried it the other day, hence the install of Antix. However, as these are very closely-related distros, I flashed a new copy of the 32-bit MX installer and tried again, et voila! Not nearly as lightweight as Antix, but still not exactly greedy. Will likely keep this OS on the Macbook.
Hardware: DELL Latitude E6540 and Intel® Core™ i7-4610M CPU @ 3.70GHz
Software: ALT KWorkstation 10, EXT4, Mesa and KDE Plasma
MacBook 2,1 has a 32 bit bootloader but it's a 64 bit machine. So, you need one of those builds which can do this. Same thing we discussed on previous page.
Here are some ready made options, not all might work with your machine so you might need to try few. You can also make your own.
Yes, I did try, but to no avail. 32-bit MX did the trick also, which I prefer to Antix.
Dang !! I've mx on both my iMacs..Tis noticeably slower on my iMac 5.1.. and was thinking I should try antix again. Didn't think of trying 32 bit mx - thank you.
The only issue I've had is lack of fan control..overheated when streaming a movie ..so installed mbpfan to up the fan speed and Psensor to provide a temp display.
I found mx has a pre install menu making some of the iMac issues easier to sort.