Install ubuntu on macbook air 11 mid 2012

#Install ubuntu on macbook air 11 mid 2012 install

Wifi doesnвЂ™t work out of the box, so from another computer (or your OSX install) download the driver and its dependencies (dkms, libc6-dev, linux-libc-dev), then copy them all to a flash drive and boot back into Ubuntu.

#Install ubuntu on macbook air 11 mid 2012 install

Note that the wifi wonвЂ™t work (weвЂ™ll fix this in the next step), so donвЂ™t try to install updates during the installation process, unless you have a separate usb wifi dongle or ethernet. Once it boots to the Ubuntu Desktop Open the вЂњInstall UbuntuвЂќ icon and follow the installation instructions. We have a still perfectly usable Late-2010 MacBook Air (MacBookAir3,2, model number A1369), but with macOS 10.14 Mojave dropping support for Macs older than 2012 (itвЂ™s possible to extremely-hackily install it on older machines but IвЂ™d rather not go down that route), I decided IвЂ™d try installing Linux on it. I had Windows 10 on it but i didnt work, after trying Ubuntu it works nicely.Select вЂњTry UbuntuвЂќ (not вЂњInstall UbuntuвЂќ) from the menu.Insert the USB, and hold вЂoptionвЂ™ key while booting.Download the Ubuntu 17.10 ISO, and create a bootable USB drive.There are plenty of guides, if you get stuck on this step, including the Ubuntu wiki. Improved from 16. It seems quite stable so far, and brings a bunch of small improvements over 16.04. YouвЂ™ll want to leave the empty space as вЂњfree spaceвЂќ (it will get formatted during the Ubuntu installation). I did a fresh install of 16.10 on my Macbook Pro Retina mid-2012 (rMBP 10,1). Just open Disk Utility in OSX, and resize your existing OSX partition, so that thereвЂ™s some free space for Ubuntu. Ubuntu 18.04 worked just fine Ubuntu 20.04 suffered from a slow desktop GUI response - but remember, this is 10+ year old hardware - IвЂ™m sure on a later MacBook it will probably work just fine (when I try it I will let you know) For that reason I decided to install: Ubuntu MATE 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver. It continues to simplify the installation process, and seems quite stable so far. But however, my valid installation medium (The installation USB) doesnt install it. I did a fresh install of 17.10 on my Macbook Pro Retina mid-2012 (rMBP 10,1). I skipped 17.04, since it didnвЂ™t seem to add much that I was excited about, but 17.10 has switched from Unity back to Gnome3, so I wanted to give it a try.