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Re:The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic... by some_account on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:47AM (#17793329)
Not sure what you mean here... You just install Linux on them and usually things work fine. Maybe your fingerprint scanner won't work, stuff like that, but otherwise it's rare to have issues.
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Re:The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic... by ashishb on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:09AM (#17793576)
> Maybe your fingerprint scanner won't work, stuff like that, but otherwise it's rare to have issues. reply

Exactly. These things add up. Fingerprint scanner won't work, battery life goes down. Occasionally, the device won't come out of sleep. I have used self-managed GNU/Linux on my laptop before and these issues bother you unless GNU/Linux development is your main job.

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Re:The new MacBook Pros with T2 chips do indeed kernel panic... by willtim on Sunday August 19, 2018 @09:15AM (#17794170)
Pick your distribution wisely. I have no issues with Linux wake-from-sleep or battery life on a ThinkPad, in fact my wife has more issues with her MacBookPro!
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