#Install ubuntu on a mac install#

Next, we want to create a bootable USB so we can boot up Ubuntu to install it.Download Ubuntu 20.04 ISO image (ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso is the image you need).You will need to download the ISO image and create a bootable USB so that we can begin the installation process.

#Install ubuntu on a mac how to#

If you are impressed by the results and so happen to have a working old Macbook 2008 lying around but not sure what to do with it, perhaps want to run this same setup?īefore we start, it is assume you know how to run some basic software installation and Linux commands. If it had been a much more powerful machine, i would have installed Play on Linux so it can run most Windows software and games that are not available on Linux. I have to admit, the machine was still slow but it is an aging machine with only 2GB of RAM. I am pleased with this and can safely pass this onto my friend who i hope will be happy. I also tried a few other Linux distributions before settling on Ubuntu 20.04 as it just worked out of the box and i also found a Mojave MacOS theme for it.Īfter an hour installing, configuring and compiling a few sources, this was the result. I'm sure Elementary OS works fine on many PC laptop. It would have taken a lot of work just to get the wireless working on Macbook 2009. However, it was still a bit buggy and the wired network and wireless was not functioning. This Linux distribution was based on Ubuntu and it was pretty and just as pleasant to use as the MacOS itself. Elementary OS 5.x was one of them i discovered.

I set out looking for a Linux distribution that was MacOS inspired. I decided the best option would be to install Linux and since I have always preferred the MacOS graphical user interface, why not setup a challenge and run Linux but provide a Mac user experience. Besides, i was concern the Macbook 2008 would be too slow to run Catalina MacOS. However, a quick google search reveals that there is a workaround to install Catalina on unsupported Macbooks. I really didn't like the idea of having to use a patcher as that seems like a hack. Any other MacOS version after El Capitan does not support any Macbook older than 2009. The latest version that will run on Macbook 2008 is El Capitan and that is already an unsupported version to date. He asked me with i can upgrade to MacOS latest version so he can give it to another friend to use as he didn't need it. During the clear out, he found his old Macbook dated back to 2008. A friend was moving house a few weeks ago.