I have an old Mac Pro that has been collecting dust for years. Today I bought an SSD and install Debian on the machine. It works flawlessly.

Further reading revealed that there is an active community around the classic mac pros and thanks to their modular nature they can be fully upgraded. People even upgrade the CPUs in this thing.

So if you like playing around with a PC like the old days, that is also Linux compatible, a Mac Pro 5,1 seems a good choice. AFAIK you can get it for cheap and a decent upgrade won’t break the bank.

  • Cpo
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    11 days ago

    Not to pretend I know it all, but have actively been using Linux on desktops and normal laptops for years now and I do have to agree.

    Those old Macs are actually quite hard to get working right (fans, touchpad etc).

    It is not impossible, but it takes quite an investment.

    But Macs aside, nowadays a lot of desktops ánd laptops install flawlessly though.