Subj : Re: Purism Librem 14 - Dead after ~4 Months
To   : paulie420
From : Greenlfc
Date : Fri Aug 26 2022 06:15:21

On 25 Aug 2022, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa> Have you ever ran *nix on it? I have a 2017 iMac that I'm about to setup
 pa> w/ some distro and see how it does...
 pa> 
 pa> Dunno if theres any hardware that doesn't w0rk, or if I can get the
 pa> 'retina display' to perform in its 5k res w/ Linux. I wanna try, tho...
 pa> I've heard of MBPs running *nix with varied results, so just wondering
 pa> if you've done-so, too.

FWIW, I've run OpenBSD on a Mac Mini 2,1 (2011) with decent success.  Check my 
gemlog for details.  The biggest issue with it was that there's no drivers (at 
least not without doing some kernel hackery I couldn't be bothered with) for 
the wireless card.

I have my work-issued MBP 15 (2018 or 2019) begging to get Linux, but as the 
start of this thread indicates, I need a backup work machine for when my 
primary goes down.  If I hadn't fallen back to the Mac, I would've been on a 
Latitude E7440 from 2014 :D.  (actually, still a decent machine with 16GB and a 



































































































































































































































































































































































good SSD, as long as you keep the tabs down and avoid Teams).

I'll give a full update once it's arrived, but Purism confirmed my diagnosis 
and swapped the motherboard on my L14, so we'll see how that goes.  It's 
supposed to be back on my doorstep this afternoon.

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