I couldn’t wait to share with you how EndeavourOS runs smoothly on an old MacBook Air (2016); it brought it back to life: [image] Installing EndeavourOS Linux on an old MacBook Air (2016) I bought this laptop in late 2016. It’s still a good laptop (8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD) and very light. H…

I’ve done some EndeavourOS installs on a Macbook Air 2011 and 2014 laptops. Maybe you can reference this in yours: [image] How to Mute Macbook Startup Chime from Linux Newbie I’m working my way through installing EndeavourOS on a 2011 Macbook Air which has bee…

There is also this reference to get the Macbooks camera working: [image] Installation Reverse engineered Linux driver for the FacetimeHD (Broadcom 1570) PCIe webcam - patjak/facetimehd

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 s…

[image] jkirchner55: It picked up all the broadcom drivers as well. good to hear that!

Installing EndeavourOS Linux on an old MacBook Air (2016)

General system EndeavourOS installation

kagetora13 September 3, 2025, 3:56am 2

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