When Intel macOS support ends! Use T2 Linux on 7,1

[exoticSpice]

T2 Linux is great. When macOS support ends use T2 Linux. I would say Windows 11 but MS has that TPM bull and I DON't trust Big Tech.

Open source is the way to go. WE have the control.

Anyway, when Intel support is dead. Use this link for supported Linux on 7,1. You need T2 version of Linux because the 7,1 has a T2 chip which is not open and is a black box. But the Linux commumity wrote drivers for it and now we can access Linux on it.

This will make sure the 7,1 will be getting security updates and is safe to use forever. w

t2linux.org

t2linux.org

AMD cards will work on Linux and so do RTX cards.

To the last Intel Mac Pro,
7,1

 

[mattspace]

They're using .webp images with no png or jpeg fallback (which is the specified best practices usage)... doesn't exactly engender the highest confidence in the quality of their work. :/

 

[exoticSpice]

They're using .webp images with no png or jpeg fallback (which is the specified best practices usage)... doesn't exactly engender the highest confidence in the quality of their work. :/

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well thankfully, their work on porting Linux to a T2 Mac is very good. It's a very active community as well.

Give it a try on a seperate partition if you want. It's pretty good. I've been using EndeavourOS which is an arch based distro. I get higher perf than in Windows/macOS.

 

[mattspace]

well thankfully, their work on porting Linux to a T2 Mac is very good. It's a very active community as well.

Heh, not the best sign for a "protecting legacy systems" group though

Give it a try on a seperate partition if you want. It's pretty good. I've been using EndeavourOS which is an arch based distro. I get higher perf than in Windows/macOS.

So is it something that can be combined with any other x64 Linux or is it only certain distros?

 

[startergo]

well thankfully, their work on porting Linux to a T2 Mac is very good. It's a very active community as well.

Give it a try on a seperate partition if you want. It's pretty good. I've been using EndeavourOS which is an arch based distro. I get higher perf than in Windows/macOS.

Endeavor OS is my preferred Linux distro. Works great on my MBP 11,4.

 

[exoticSpice]

So is it something that can be combined with any other x64 Linux or is it only certain distros?

T2 Linux supports Ubuntu, Fedora, EndeavourOS, Arch and Manjaro. So these contain T2 drivers so we can boot Linux without any wifi, keyboard/mouse issues.

 

[mattspace]

T2 Linux supports Ubuntu, Fedora, EndeavourOS, Arch and Manjaro. So these contain T2 drivers so we can boot Linux without any wifi, keyboard/mouse issues.

So it's a thing that's added to an existing Linux distro, rather than being a specific distro itself? Would that automatically flow on to Ubuntu variants, like Elementary etc?

 

[exoticSpice]

Would that automatically flow on to Ubuntu variants, like Elementary etc?

yes but you would have to complile yourself for smaller distros like Elementary but popular distros like Ubuntu, fedora are supported with a complied linux t2 iso.

 

[DrEGPU]

It’s a website full of resources for getting linux to run on T2 macs. Most distros will require some level of post-installation fiddling to get various things working, ie loading drivers etc. There used to be a custom rolled ubuntu iso out there somewhere. I actually tried to make one (custom distro) but couldn’t get it to work.

 

[flowrider]

Anyway, when Intel support is dead.

Ain't happenin' any time soon

Lou

 

[Quotenfrau]

My WLAN was not working "device not ready" with Endeavor OS on MBA2020

 

[Oval]

I've installed T2 Ubuntu 22.10.
WiFi ok but no luck with Bluetooth.

 

[Disabledelta]

T2 Linux is great. When macOS support ends use T2 Linux. I would say Windows 11 but MS has that TPM bull and I DON't trust Big Tech.

Open source is the way to go. WE have the control.

Anyway, when Intel support is dead. Use this link for supported Linux on 7,1. You need T2 version of Linux because the 7,1 has a T2 chip which is not open and is a black box. But the Linux commumity wrote drivers for it and now we can access Linux on it.

This will make sure the 7,1 will be getting security updates and is safe to use forever. w

t2linux.org

t2linux.org

AMD cards will work on Linux and so do RTX cards.

To the last Intel Mac Pro,
7,1

Hi I cant create a profile on Dischrod any of my browsers wont allow me to proceed, any chances you guys are on Reddit ? I would really like to install Linux on my T2 mac 2019

 

[Faisal_Biyari]

I managed to install Ubuntu LTS (started with 24, but opted to change to 22 for better AMD support) on my Mac Pro 2019 (7,1)
Very Happy to have it up and running with things like fan control working.

I appreciate the support of @AdityaGarg8 especially

 

[Disabledelta]

I managed to install Ubuntu LTS (started with 24, but opted to change to 22 for better AMD support) on my Mac Pro 2019 (7,1)
Very Happy to have it up and running with things like fan control working.

I appreciate the support of @AdityaGarg8 especially

Hi I tried installing 1 year ago through the T2 linux fedora I cant remember what Fedora I guess it was at the time the latest version. but I had many things that did not work for me, 1 fans running high rpm. 2 out of the 6 speakers only worked I never managed to make that work. The same with Bluetooth too. I do not know if there are now a fix to these issues I had at the time.

 

[Faisal_Biyari]

Hi I tried installing 1 year ago through the T2 linux fedora I cant remember what Fedora I guess it was at the time the latest version. but I had many things that did not work for me, 1 fans running high rpm. 2 out of the 6 speakers only worked I never managed to make that work. The same with Bluetooth too. I do not know if there are now a fix to these issues I had at the time.

I have fans set to maximum continuously, and it's working.
See if this can help you

Fan - t2linux wiki

wiki.t2linux.org

I did not try to setup bluetooth, WiFi, or anything else.
I'll feedback if I work on it.

But I am happy to report I was able to utilize 2 AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo to run LLMs with 70-90b parameters successfully. (This was my target)