
Secondly, Xubuntu sometimes could not bring the wifi connection up.(Fn+F6 twice worked on Xubuntu 18/19, but not on 20.04.) I found a workaround: This is a serious snag because a MacBook has no NumLock key, nor a NumLock indicator to tell you, and thus no easy way to turn it off. Xubuntu (18.10, later upgraded to 19.04) had two peculiar and annoying errors. (I just wish Xfce had the GNOME 2/Maté facility to lock controls and panels into place.) This is intentional.Īs the machine is maxed out with 4GB of RAM, and only has a fairly feeble Intel HD 3100 GPU, I went for Xfce as a lightweight desktop that's very configurable and doesn't need hardware OpenGL.

Partly for my own memory, partly in case anyone else hits them, here are the work-arounds I needed.īTW, I have left the links visible and in the text so you can see where you're going. I hit quite a few glitches along the way. I just finished doing up an old white MacBook from 2008 (note: not MacBook Pro) for Jana's best friend, back in Brno.
