I selected the “EFI Boot” option with the USB symboled above it once it appeared. I inserted the USB drive with the Peppermint OS’ image on it and powered on the MacBook while holding down “Option” until the Mac’s boot options showed. Step 2: Install Peppermint OSīefore beginning the install process, I replaced the hard drive on the MacBook with a SSD drive to (hopefully) make the MacBook a little snappier with it’s new OS. You can check out Peppermint’s great user guide for more details on this process. I downloaded the 64-bit ISO file from Peppermint’s website and used Unetbootin to write it to a USB drive. Of course, there are many great distros out there, so feel free to explore. ![]() I also really like their implementation of Single-Site Browsers (making web apps look like desktop apps). I picked this as I wanted something lightweight for the aging hardware of the MacBook 4,1 and I wanted a desktop that was a little “prettier” than Xubuntu’s default XFCE environment. ![]() I decided to go with Peppermint OS 10, a Linux distro based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Be sure to backup any files you want to keep from your MacBook before you start!
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