Welp. I would say this experiment is an unqualified success.
I now have #nixos latest running on the 2009 Macbook Pro, including the finicky Broadcom wifi drivers.
Next question: Will it be too slow to be of any use?
It takes about 30s for #firefox to load and about 2m to do a #nix rebuild.
I guess only time will tell :)
Feoh
npub1y8…3n02j
2025-09-22 04:05:50 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…qmkg
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