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Is it too old to convert to Linux OS?
If it's possible …or realistic… I'd like to convert or add a Linux OS to my beloved iMac desktop. I LOVE this piece of hardware!! It's great! But generally, philosophically, politically, as dot.org, open-source kinda-girl… it really !#^&@! me off that there are no options for this awesome piece of equipment…b/c of Apple’s bogus proprietary OS stuff. grrrr I stopped by my small, local computer shop yesterday and they told me that they do install Linux for people… but they wouldn't even consider doing it on a machine this old! :( It's a mid-2011, 27”, 3.1 GHzm Intel i5, 16 GBm 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB. It’s MORE than adequate for my needs. It says it’s running OS X El Capitan but I’m pretty sure the guy I bought it from told me he had upgraded it to High Sierra. But apparently, according to the technician at the computer repair store yesterday…it’s just too old to be worth it…in his opinion. So, I thought I’d see about getting a second opinion here. I believe in reusing stuff as much as possible. And budget constraints limit constantly buying new devices.
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