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TEC162: If you’ve got an old Mac you’d like to extend the life of, why not install Linux on it? Fr. Cory Sticha, Dom Bettinelli, and Joanne Mercier discuss the why and the how, the benefits and potential pitfalls of installing Linux especially on older Macs that no longer receive macOS updates.

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• Home – Linux Mint
• balenaEtcher – Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives
• Jeff Geerling – YouTube
• It’s happening: Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion | Ars Technica
• Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation – The Verge
• How Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown is likely to work
• MLB to allow pitchers, catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during regular season

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