As per title, I am mind-blown by the speed and stability of NixOS on this “relic” in IT terms… On this machine i tested:

Distro Performance
Fedora MEGA slow
Ubuntu OKish
LDME Fast
Debian Fast
NixOS VERY Fast

And the best thing is that I can bring this config with me on any computer! Oh boy, I think i have fallen in love with NixOS

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Did you leave a MacOS partition for firmware upgrades, or just make sure it was fully updated before wiping?

    Does all the hardware work? Which guide did you use for prep and install?

    • Loucypher@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      It was updated before wiping yes. Those macs are abandonware, they stopped receiving firmware update a while ago. Followed no guide, the install wizard was very easy. All components worked out of the box

      • matto@lemm.ee
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        4 days ago

        Sorry for reviving an old post, but I just came across this. I also have a 2012 MacBook Air and was planning to put NixOS on it. Did the sound, Bluetooth and WiFi work out of the box too? Thanks!

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Excellent.

    It is readily accepted that Linux reduces overhead versus Windows on the same system.

    What is less readily accepted is the same result versus macOS. Yes, it is considerably more work to get Linux running well on a Mac, since it is ultimately a closed ecosystem. But the point should be made that macOS also has a lot of unnecessary overhead over which the user has little or no control.

    The PC vs Mac thing should be dead by now, tbh, in favor of corporate vs FOSS.