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by edwinnathaniel 3178 days ago
Has anyone ever installed OpenBSD for Macbook White (MB 5,2)?

I'm interested to resurrect this laptop since Apple no longer support (newer OSX can't be installed) the hardware.

I would love to see OpenBSD + Openbox + Crunchbang theme/window-decorator.

2 comments

Yes, I successfully run it two older MacBooks for server use. I haven’t tried WiFi or sound but everything else, including trackpad and X, worked fine for me. There were other tweaks to make suitable for a server, but OpenBSD has otherwise resurrected the laptops. Bonus: this hardware predates Intel ME.
If it has a Broadcom wifi, then you're probably SOL on that front