Elementary OS on a 2011 Macbook Pro

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 28, 2020 at 09:17 AM

Er, from memory, I just downloaded Xubuntu, put it on a USB stick, launched it from said USB stick (where it resided as an executable) and then instructed it to install itself on the hard drive. I don’t remember the Eee having any BIOS restrictions on installation (e.g. being locked to Windows or anything). When you instruct Xubuntu to install itself on the hard drive, you have the option of telling it to take over the entire hard drive, or simply creating a new partition and installing itself alongside Windows. I opted for the Total Nuke option and now Xubuntu is the only OS on the machine. XP was running ridiculously slowly in any case!

Oh, hang on, having sniffed at the Xubuntu site, I see that the old Windows executable doesn’t appear to be available any more. Okay, so here are some instructions: https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Xubuntu

It’s not super-complicated, although it’s a bit fiddly.