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Andrey Arapov
Personal blog · nixaid.comsystemsprogramming
Andrey Arapov's personal blog at nixaid.com covers systems and programming. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Linux on mid-2017 MacBookPro”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for step-by-step guides to installing Linux on MacBook Pro models, including patched Ubuntu installers and driver fixes for the touchbar, keyboard and Wi-Fi.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Andrey Arapov - Principal Infrastructure Engineer specializing in Linux, Kubernetes, site reliability, platform engineering, and AI/GPU infrastructure. Based in Prague, Czechia.
Most-linked posts?
- Linux on mid-2017 MacBookPro3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2018-03-03
What Hacker News says?
If you have a mid-2017 MacBook pro, these instructions are great: https://nixaid.com/linux-on-macbookpro/ You can follow the instructions to create a patched Ubuntu installer, or you can just download the image.
Comment linking /linux-on-macbookpro/
on “Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1”Submitted Deploying NixOS on a 256 RAM RamNode VPS as a story · 5 points
HN discussionFor people who want to install Ubuntu on MBP14,2 or 14,3 (the new MBPs with four thunderbolt 3 ports) — this[0] might help. (It'll be probably trivial to update the article for Ubuntu 20.04 - just ignore the upgrading the kernel parts.) It mentions adding the touchbar, keyboard drivers[1] and fixes for the non-working wifi[2], all without an external keyboard or anything. You can just boot up your Ubuntu virtual mac…
Comment linking /linux-on-macbookpro/
on “Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1”Submitted Linux on Mid-2017 MacBookPro as a story · 2 points
HN discussionit's possible, just not straightforward this worked for me a few days ago https://nixaid.com/bootable-usb-windows-linux/
Comment linking /bootable-usb-windows-linux/
on “Why ISO was retired (2021)”Submitted Linux on mid-2017 MacBookPro as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Qualitative Model of the Universe Refutes the Big Bang Theory as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted USB bootable NixOS – UEFI version as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Linux on Mid-2017 MacBookPro as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kubernetes from scratch (yet another) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ZFS on LUKS in Ubuntu 16 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted USB bootable NixOS as a story · 1 points
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