Passwd: password expiry information changed. If you prefer to disable it after installation is complete: $ sudo passwd -status root However, during install, Manjaro requires creating a password for the root account, which is subsequently enabled. In short, Manjaro presented the most polished experience, from start to finish, of the bunch. 2Īfter some false starts with the usual suspects (namely Linux Mint 19 (both Mate & XFCE), Elementary 5, Fedora Workstation 26, and Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS), I decided to give Manjaro XFCE 17 a try after seeing it regularly mentioned in HN comments.Īfter struggling with previous distros, Manjaro was a dream: boot and shutdown times were halved (at least), the boot splash screen displayed properly (rather than just displaying a black/blank screen like so many others), WiFi and video drivers working right out of the box, and there was no screen flickering or taskbar weirdness. With OS X 10.11 El Capitan no longer receiving security updates 1, unsupported but otherwise excellent hardware like the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) can be revitalized with Linux. See also Breathing new life into a 2006 MacBook and Apple's New Hardware With The T2 Security Chip Will Currently Block Linux From Booting Best Linux distro for a 2009 MacBook Pro?īest Linux distro for a 2009 MacBook Pro? #

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