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On 03/02/18 07:51, aaron moore wrote: > Hi jay > I have just aquired an old MacBook and have loaded Ubuntu 16.04. It > looks loverly, but it keeps freezing seemingly quite randomly. is there > a solution to this? I can't see what model it is but it is white with a > 13.5 inch screen and used to run OS X Snow Leopard. Find out what Mac you have using the handy guide here: https://everymac.com/mac-identification/index-how-to-identify-my-mac.html Macs are really clearly delineated between models and have excellent documentation for internal parts, etc, so it's really useful to find out *exactly* what you have and exactly how far it can be upgraded (if desired). If it's a white plastic 'unibody' model it's probably an A1432 variant: https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1342 Find out specifically what model it is because that will tell you what hardware you have which in turn will inform your searches and software selection+setup. Macs running Linux *never* just work out of the box, they always need fiddling with to run well (which makes them more fun of course). Personally for weird, non-mainstream platforms I'd always use the absolute latest bleeding edge Linux available as it's more likely to have support (or hacks and kludges) retconned in for corner cases like IBM POWER boxes, Sun Ultrasparcs, old PPC Apples and even semi-recent Intel+EFI type x64 Macbooks like yours. An Ubuntu LTS feature frozen nearly two years ago is probably the *worst* choice for obscure hardware - go Debian as Jay suggested but you'd want testing or even Sid ideally. Always use the newest kernel you can and if you really want to stick with Ubuntu upgrade to the newest version and make sure you use the linux-image-extra kernel over the regular one (way more support for weird stuff). Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq