My friend is finally willing to make the switch to Linux and wants me to help getting their laptop switched over. It’s a very old Macbook. I think MacBook Air pro 15 or something? I unfortunately don’t have the specs on hand at the moment but it’s a very old model.
I was going to put Linux Mint on there since that’s what I’m familiar with, but I’m not sure how well Ubuntu runs on older hardware. Any other distros I should consider? I should note that they’re not a computer/tech person.
Edit: Macbook Air, 13 inch, from early 2015. 1.6 GHz Dual Core Intel i5. 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 Mb.


Pretty much only the very first year of Intel Macs had 32 bit EFIs. Coincidentally the only 2007 machine with a 32 bit EFI was the Mac Pro. But the 07 Mac Pro was basically identical to the OG 06.
Yes, the fuckwit is right.
(I just wanted to say that.)