Thanks!

It worked perfectly out of the box with Fedora on a MacBook Pro 2012.

But I guess every MacBook generation has its little problems with Linux.

Mine is with the wifi going away once a year…

I think you just have to make the jump and install a distro on your computer while accepting that it’s not because you don’t like the first distro that all of them are the same.

Once the first step is done and your old OS isn’t around anymore, you’ll be forced to find something suited to your needs.

Do you plan on installing Linux on your Mac? If it’s Intel based it’s easy, but if it’s an M model your choices are more restricted…

So what? How much bigger is it than the other one?

If it allows me to not change too many things on the Deck to install, I’m okay with wasting some space compared to other solutions.

Also it can emulate not just one console.

RetroDeck has the advantage of being a Flatpak and not needing Deckyloader plugin if you’re using a Steam Deck.

I’ve had a great experience with it👍

When working properly, my Go 1 is perfect and I don’t need more power. So I wouldn’t want to get rid of it and would prefer solving the problem.

But, if one day it dies, I would try to find something more Linux friendly, even if using Microsoft or Apple devices to do something they were not designed for is also quite nice😅

I’ve never heard of btop but I can look at it👍

But wouldn’t it be weird for it to be temperature related when the computer was just started and unplugging/plugging the external screen solve the issue? This would make think it’s display related no?

Yeah I guess you’re right, my last chance of solving the problem could be by creating a spreadsheet with as much data as possible on every occurrence…

I don’t think it would be a thrilling investigation though😅

What are IO and Iotop?

Apparently the BIOS is up to date even if my knowledge about these is quite limited…

About something dying in the computer, it would be surprising as it has been like this for the last 4 years and only happens maybe once a month after starting…

I guess I should have said it before, but it happens when starting the computer, sometimes a week after an update, so I don’t think it’s heat related. Especially because it sometimes solves itself after unplugging/plugging the external monitor through USB-C.

I don’t know anything about the specific computer you’re talking about, but usually the issues are with ARM.

Exactly! The good part of such a shortage is that old tech can stay relevant for far longer and devs will have to optimize more.

Sometimes, therés a lot of good in a bad situation.

I want great games, not necessarly more demanding ones. The Last of Us 2 is still the most beautiful game I’ve played and I don’t really need more if it means getting new hardware.

I’d also love to have a normal PS5 partition and a Linux one. This would be the best of both worlds, but I think I’m dreaming too much😇

Yes but if the only extension that breaks is important in your workflow, you’re still left with a sour taste.

That’s why, despite needing more extensions, I’ve only iept 3-4 which never break.

I’m not sure I know enough to be able to take a side, but I really enjoy Gnome even if having more customization option would be a bonus.

If Cosmic brings this without having to rely on extension, then I’m all for it.

People are gonna tell me to just use KDE, but I’ve never had a great experience with it for the few hours I’ve spent on it in desktop mode on my Steam Deck.

I’d love such a feature on Linux, but I don’t think it’s happening anytime soon.

Oh yeah I fully agree that no game can satisfy everyone.

It’s just that, before playing it myself, I never heard a bad thing about it so I might have expected too much out of it.

Still I enjoyed it, even if it’s not a game I’ll recommend to everyone.

It’s a great game, but not the masterpiece everyone told me.

Well for arm it might come but since you can’t really upgrade these new Macs, they are less interesting in a way…

I use a MacBook Pro 2012 as a secondary computer and I find it very exciting to install Linux on beautiful hardware like these old Macs.

It’s surprizingly Linux friendly (except reseting the wifi once a year). I don’t know why but previously I never thought you could install Linux on a Mac😅