Re: Running Debian on a MacBookPro12,1

2017-05-13 Thread James Harris
1. I have a bootable USB of whatever the most recent OS X version is because it can be a bit of a pain getting a copy of OS X without OS X. I would at least do that if you don't dual boot, although admitted 2+ years after release it's questionable how many essential firmware patches are really comi

Re: Running Debian on a MacBookPro12,1

2017-05-12 Thread solitone
On Friday, 12 May 2017 15:18:30 CEST Josh wrote: > On 5/12/17 2:34 PM, solitone wrote: > > But is it really supposed to run > > *continuously* for 8 hours? If this is the case, that means that debian > > manages power much less effeciently. > > Did you install a power management program like tlp, X

Re: Running Debian on a MacBookPro12,1

2017-05-12 Thread solitone
On Friday, 12 May 2017 12:13:06 CEST you wrote: > if you're getting 5 hours of battery life, it could just > be that your MacBook Pro's battery has lost 62% of its original capacity > over the last couple years No, this is not the case, my MBP is few months old. I haven't measured how long it las

Re: Running Debian on a MacBookPro12,1

2017-05-12 Thread solitone
On Friday, 12 May 2017 18:36:11 CEST Martin Diz wrote: > 1- If somebody already have installed Debian on this device WITHOUT keeping > a copy of macOS No, I've kept MacOS, in order to be able to update the firmware. Which was useful by the way to solve an issue my previous firmware had, that pre

Re: Running Debian on a MacBookPro12,1

2017-05-12 Thread Patrick Kox
I am running stretch on my macbook air without problems, the only issue is the broadcom driver for the WiFi, the rest seems to work well (including keyboard light, screen brightness, natural scrolling, but I can't confirm hibernation since I don't use it) I don't not have a dual-boot system, o

Running Debian on a MacBookPro12,1

2017-05-12 Thread Martin Diz
Hello Guys, I want to install Debian on my (MacBookPro12,1)  early 2015. I have been reading and In the wiki its reported that “Debian Stretch runs very well on this version of the MacBook Pro.” However its also recommended that macOS is kept on the side for firmware update. The main questions a