Installing EndeavourOS Linux on an old MacBook Air (2016)

General system EndeavourOS installation
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I couldn’t wait to share with you how EndeavourOS runs smoothly on an old MacBook Air (2016); it brought it back to life:

I must confess EndeavourOS (my favorite distro) has not been the first choice for installing Linux on this computer:

A terrible mistake: after upgrading from 24.10 to 25.05 the system did not boot anymore… I shouldn’t have trusted Ubuntu again :wink: Shame on me! What was on my mind?! :face_with_peeking_eye:

And they say Arch breaks… :smiley:

By the way, while Ubuntu does not automatically handle the WiFi card, EndeavourOS handles it automatically even in the live system!

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I’ve done some EndeavourOS installs on a Macbook Air 2011 and 2014 laptops. Maybe you can reference this in yours:

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There is also this reference to get the Macbooks camera working:

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I picked up a refurbished 2017 MacBook and tried Ubuntu first and it did not run well. The trackpad was “sticky” and not as responsive. I put in Endeavour USB and even live it ran perfectly. It picked up all the broadcom drivers as well. I happily am running Endeavour with XFCE desktop. It is so fast, better than the OSx (was past EOL anyway) that was on it. Thanks team!

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good to hear that!