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The Mac Mini (marketed as Mac mini) is a small form factor desktop computer manufactured by Apple Inc.

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Mac Mini with Ubuntu running very hot

I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome on a Mac Mini late 2012 with 16GB Ram and a 1TB SSD. Even when it's doing nothing and the CPU activity is idling at about 10% the case is getting very hot. Much ... 22.04 overheating mac-mini Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh

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asked Jun 14 at 7:17 1 vote 0 answers 37 views

MacMini 2010 with Ubuntu 22.04 - temperature problems (Fan Control)

I have a mac mini 2010 (4.1), with Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 and the temperature control doesn't work. I tried installing mbpfan and it didn't work. I tried installing macfanctld and it didn't work. This ... 22.04 temperature fancontrol mac-mini JDNeto

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asked Jun 9 at 12:43 0 votes 2 answers 425 views

Ubuntu 20.04 5.11.0-40-generic => ALERT! UUID=... does not exist!

After auto updating the kernel from 5.11.0-38-generic to 5.11.0-40-generic my system won't boot My computers are Apple Mac mini 2019 (Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700B CPU @ 3.20GHz) and Apple Macbook pro ... boot 20.04 macbook mac-mini pmliquify

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asked Jan 7 at 16:05 2 votes 1 answer 572 views

Errors while installing Ubuntu 20.04 on a Mac Mini A1993

Idecided to install Ubuntu on my Mac Mini, and delete the macOS partition. While installing Ubuntu 20.04 on my Mac Mini 2018 model A1993 I came across some errors and the installer wasn't able to ... 20.04 boot-repair grub-efi gpt mac-mini euffi

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asked Dec 19, 2021 at 4:47 2 votes 0 answers 289 views

20.04 LTS on a Mac: startup freezes at black screen with solid cursor, no access

SETUP… Machine: Mac Mini (late 2009, Macmini3,1) with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as only OS (only one partition) Use: SOHO Samba server Install: August 2021, upgraded all packages at that time but never ... boot grub2 nvidia usb-installation mac-mini PatrickReagan

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asked Nov 29, 2021 at 1:02 1 vote 1 answer 304 views

Ubuntu 18.04 on Mac Mini mid-2007

I am trying to install Ubuntu on a mid-2007 Mac Mini (Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz). I received the computer second-hand and it has Linux Mint installed, but I don't have the admin password, so I want to do a ... system-installation refind mac-mini Victor M. Muniz-Fraticelli

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asked Aug 3, 2021 at 21:07 0 votes 0 answers 35 views

new installation ubuntu 20.4 to 2013 mac mini but on reboot have I/O errors again

Please help! I am going around in circles, first i tried to fix grub,than reinitialized the Hd,reinstalled ubuntu end it seemed ok but after installing chrome and skype the next boot fails.If I boot ... grub2 20.04 reboot io mac-mini Gyorgy Mihalik

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asked Jul 30, 2021 at 9:48 0 votes 0 answers 44 views

sharing files from Mac (ubuntu os) to other mac machines

I am trying to set up a file sharing server with an old model mac mini that is running ubuntu 20.04. I am trying to share office documents from the mac mini (server) between other client mac machines. ... mac-mini file-sharing user1363843

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asked Jul 11, 2021 at 23:29 2 votes 0 answers 591 views

Ubuntu 21.04 beta on Mac Mini won't boot after updates [closed]

I've been trying to set up an old Apple Mac Mini as an Ubuntu desktop machine for testing, etc. I was able to install the last LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 - and distros based upon that such as Mint, however ... mac beta mac-mini Paul Ashbrook

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asked Apr 21, 2021 at 16:47 0 votes 1 answer 109 views

Ubuntu on Macmini8,1 not booting

I am attempting to install 20.10 to a Mac mini that I have (Macmini8,1 aka "Late 2018"), and seem to be unable to. I'm installing what I would expect is the simplest scenario: I'm ... boot system-installation mac mac-mini clarkcox3

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asked Feb 25, 2021 at 4:10 3 votes 1 answer 4k views

How can I activate wifi on BCM4364 using brcmfac driver & firmware?

I am running Ubuntu on a Mac Mini 8,1. "No WiFi Adapter Found" I started on 20.04 and only upgraded to get the latest Linux firmware in the hope of getting the wifi working. I also updated ... drivers wireless broadcom firmware mac-mini darth_epoxy

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asked Jul 18, 2020 at 10:49 3 votes 3 answers 9k views

Cannot install Ubuntu 20.04 on Mac mini 2020

I have a brand new 2020 Mac mini (Intel i3 quad core chip). My install (dedicated Ubuntu NO dual boot) fails with the famous; Executing 'grub-install /dev/nvme0n1' failed. This is a fatal error. I ... uefi 20.04 bootloader grub-efi mac-mini darth_epoxy

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asked Jul 6, 2020 at 4:38 3 votes 1 answer 3k views

Having trouble turning mbpfan into a system service

I'm a beginning Ubuntu user following this tutorial to enable fan management with mbpfan on my Mac Mini 4.1 running Ubuntu 18.04. I had good success initially and then got to the point of trying to ... software-installation services mac-mini Grant Lewis

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asked Sep 27, 2019 at 23:30 1 vote 1 answer 1k views

Mac Mini 2.1 (32bit EFI / 64bit CPU) Ubuntu 18.04.2 Server - GRUB reports unknown filesystem

All the instructions I can find only deal with Ubuntu 16.04 and older. So my steps are probably wrong for 18.04 - for now I'm using the instructions found here: boot grub2 uefi mac-mini Daniel Yantis

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asked Feb 25, 2019 at 17:07 2 votes 0 answers 86 views

How to install Linux on a fresh HDD in a Mac Mini (2007) - Please help

I had a HDD die in my Mac Mini 2007, I would like to have a dedicated Linux system. I do not have the CD's to install OSX. So I would prefer to just install Linux. Any help greatly appreciated. system-installation mac mac-mini Krypticker

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asked Jan 11, 2019 at 19:52
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