![]() Restarted the MBP and held down the “alt” key to give me the boot menu, and picked the USB stick.Used the Portable Apps version of Rufus to burn it onto a USB stick.I downloaded the ISO to my Windows 11 desktop.I figured I wanted Ubuntu, and I wanted to run a simple window manager, so I picked Ubuntu Mate. I would like to say I did a lot of research to decide the best OS for it, but that would be a lie. It’s got a Core 2 Duo processor, 8G RAM and a 500G SSD, so it’s not great, but it’s more than capable of doing what I need it to do… It stopped getting OS updates a while ago, and more recently it doesn’t want to play Prime videos, so I figured it was time to take action. I use it for watching films and streaming rain sounds while I sleep. I’ve got an old MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) that sits next to my bed. ![]()
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