Hi there everyone, Linux keeps goin rapidly these days. As Apple has announced that ALL Intel Imacs (even those of 2019) come to an end of life i asked if i could turn my fathers imac into a linux machine. For Macbooks there is plenty of tutorials, fan daemons, etc. But for imacs from 2017 to 2019…

Guys and Gals, I summed up on how i get CachyOS up and Running finally on my imac 19,1 with a guide: [image] IMac 19,1 Installation Guide (with working Audio, Bluetooth, WIFI,Camera and a logarithmic adjustable cooling daemon) FAQ and Tutorials Steps to get C…

noone? if there is anyone who did it eventually you can suggest how you passed the temp problems

Yes, here! same problems here: iMac 2017 5K A1419

Hardware Compatibility Report: 2017 iMac 27" Retina 5K (iMac18,3) with CachyOS TL;DR: The iMac 2017 5K is mostly compatible with CachyOS, but expect to spend 4-8 hours configuring WiFi and audio drivers. 85% of hardware works out-of-the-box. My Hardware Setup Model: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)…

Thanks for the info. The most struggle i get is overheating of the gpu and a forced shutdown. This is the only thing that prevents me from keepin it as a main os. Mbpfan isnt lookin at the gpu temp and macfanctld isnt developed in ages. Hence to get our imacs safe with linux, we would need a cooler …

Hope @ptr1337 and his team will help us. We neither cant use windows 11 and no more macos updates. Would be a shame to let a 6 year old hardware pass away just because a cooling Problem

Hardware Compatibility Report: 2019 iMac 27" Retina 5K (iMac19,1) with CachyOS TL;DR: The iMac 2019 5K is mostly compatible with CachyOS, but expect to spend 4-8 hours configuring WiFi and audio drivers. 85% of hardware works out-of-the-box. My Hardware Setup Model: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019…

For sound. Imac 27" Retina model17,1. in /etc/modprobe.d create this file– ‘options snd-hda-intel model=27_122’ -save it as ‘macsound.conf’, or whatever you prefer as long as it is XXXXX.conf. Reboot..

[image] Misternoli: Has anyone successfully automated the CS8409 audio driver compilation for kernel updates? As with all the other questions about ‘Have you done..’ my answer is ‘No’ because I have never owned any apple/i products. That said this sounds like it could be a job for a pacman h…

I’m trying to get CachyOS + COSMIC to work on an iMac 2020 and experiencing periodic freezes on the black loading spinner screen just after decrypting the main drive. There is a line of double-dot red points bottom left. NFI what is causing it as when it happens I have to come back the next day and…

[image] phi: experiencing periodic freezes on the black loading spinner screen just after decrypting the main drive So plymouth? You can disable it; [image] [Tutorial] Disable or Remove Plymouth (boot splash) FAQ and Tutorials Introduction CachyOS ISOs…

Suggestion about Intel Imacs

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So plymouth?

You can disable it;