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So I can’t code properly and I can’t run Lemmy or YunoHost on a VM no matter how hard I try. I wanna use it for something and put it to good use, but for what??

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[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Put ZorinOS on it and use it as a laptop. Easy. Or Mint. Both work nicely on a 2015 Air.

I have a few and was going to use them as servers, but laptop battery management is too fussy for a server setup. Now selling them cheap with Linux.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Did they still have x86_64 CPUs in 2015 apples?

[–] YourAvgMortal@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The first Apple silicon macs came out in 2020, and they transitioned from PowerPC to intel in 2006

...and they had only embraced PowerPC maybe 12 years earlier in the early 90s, if I recall correctly.

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I think my computer is Intel, not Silicon, if that says anything

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 43 minutes ago

A 2015 model is definitely going to be Intel, that was the only thing they made at the time

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 46 minutes ago

Model numbers are on the bottom of the computer printed in light grey on the aluminum.

If your computer is an A1466 It's the most common kind of air, and fairly well supported in a few distros.

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

I think 🤔 maybe

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Hell, Linux runs great on my nearly 20 year old 2007 iMac. Gonna miss the Intel Mac era.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 43 minutes ago (1 children)

I have a 2008 iMac running Mint just great.

By the time Apple Silicon is truly old and no longer supported, they will probably support Linux fine. It won't be just Asahi either.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

Well and despite how quickly it has grown, Asahi is still a work in progress and has not been updated for M3/M4 processors yet, even when the M5 has just released. I honestly feel like old Intel macs are a waaaay better bang for your buck if you want a stable server box, all of them handle Linux pretty flawlessly, in my albeit limited experience..

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Whoa, nice!!!! I tried to use mine as a server but Docker wouldn’t set up Lemmy properly, the login doesn’t work when I try to sign up with an admin account, and YunoHost won’t work right either.