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Apparently you lose a lot of functionality. I wanted to install Linux on my old Intel Mac but the research showed I'm gonna struggle even getting the kb to work, cause it goes through the T2 security chip. This was about a year ago. Hopefully by now people have worked around those issues with Claude.
I have a 2018 Mac mini running Mint. I haven’t had any problems like that.
I had always wondered why so many people have had compatibility issues with Linux systems, that was until I realized that because I am basically a computer scrap-man, I almost always a decade behind and everything had been long hardened by then.
Mac mini is different, it doesn't have kbm, touchID etc. I've run Ubuntu on older minis as well.
We had Linux on M1 before Claude was really a thing.
I'm aware of Asahi Linux. It was mostly unusable for the first few years. Nowadays it runs, I think on up to M2 chips.
You need a T2 patch and touchpad software, it's not that hard to get working if you follow the right tutorial
I know about the patch, but I think back when I checked last, it was in rudimentary state and not very reliable. Hopefully it's better now. I remember there were more issues, like for sure touchID doesn't work, but I think there was other stuff, too.
Action Retro recently did a video on this (it works)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_gSSQXiT7A
I just got suggested this video today! It's awesome that the progress hasn't stopped. Once they fix thunderbolt and the mic, I'm installing it for sure. My 2020 Intel Mac isn't gonna get the next MacOS update anyway.