think it’s more than this —> it’s frozen 
I actually met ptr1337 before CachyOS was still a pipe dream. I’m sure he finds my takes tedious XD
Nein. American as hell. Came across his posts on Phoronix and started pestering him about his kernel configs, met up on Telegram because their forums suck, and before you know it I was benchmarking everything I could and arguing over how using Xanmod was fine.
I decided to delete the extra isos to save space
I use CachyOS as my main distro on my gaming machines. For my file server and DNS servers, I use Debian Stable so I don’t have to think about it while updating unless very rare news posts are attached to a Stable update.
Another reason I use Debian is that it still has active 32-bit support, as one of my DNS servers runs on a Dell Mini 9 which is 32-bit, MBR-only.
I also keep a Win10 install on one machine for those pesky Windows-only games to play with friends (looking at you, Halo: Master Chief Collection 
)
@altman, question - is Interstate 81 through Virginia as annoying for truckers as it is for regular vehicles? The miles-long process of one truck trying to pass another, then hitting an incline, failing to keep momentum, having to fall behind the original truck, then the trucker trying again with the next downhill/flat section drove me insane when I lived in the Blacksburg area…
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Take a look: efibootmgr -u
efibootmgr -u
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0003,000C,0004,000B,000A,0001,0009,0008,0007,0006,0005,0002,0000,0080
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,6b82d496-50a6-439e-bfe4-bd48e1fdce54,0x800,0x32000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi䥗䑎坏S
Boot0001* Bluestar HD(1,GPT,cf7d4920-3458-4f18-99f4-e54bd4c5709f,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\Bluestar\grubx64.efi
Boot0002* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,faa65c80-8567-48b5-9c05-06dce916c708,0x800,0x100000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot0003* Garuda HD(1,GPT,cf7d4920-3458-4f18-99f4-e54bd4c5709f,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\Garuda\grubx64.efi
Boot0004* cachyos HD(1,GPT,377d09bd-62df-4bd1-9a9c-3523a7af2694,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\cachyos\grubx64.efi
Boot0005* endeavouros HD(1,GPT,0535e3a1-2227-4800-8fcf-77c1e4c3de55,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\endeavouros\grubx64.efi
Boot0006* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,23acddd5-1314-4a4f-911c-b93ddbf52d13,0x1000,0x1f4000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot0007* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,091c75dd-a33e-456f-b303-7eeb209d6ad5,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot0008* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,e82cf55a-530d-4d13-aa2a-f2899d44d196,0x1000,0x1f4000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot0009* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,bd64db1a-c6e0-4100-8f44-846d455fa4c8,0x1000,0x1f4000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot000A* salientos HD(1,GPT,c84dd23f-1893-4bf5-a242-ad79c081389b,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\salientos\grubx64.efi
Boot000B* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,c84dd23f-1893-4bf5-a242-ad79c081389b,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot000C* rEFInd Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,377d09bd-62df-4bd1-9a9c-3523a7af2694,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi
Boot0080* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(2,GPT,20cbad81-4062-49d6-bd7b-c9a066344354,0x64028,0x1d161920)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,60742a024452f04a886f602701063bf1)/\A8830342-D9BB-4223-93D6-4184F39F1C39\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
Boot0081* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(3,GPT,b0eaa8df-9207-4640-96b6-201b49de77e5,0x1860e260,0x135f20)
Boot0082* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(2,GPT,20cbad81-4062-49d6-bd7b-c9a066344354,0x64028,0x1d161920)/VenMedia(be74fcf7-0b7c-49f3-9147-01f4042e6842,60742a024452f04a886f602701063bf1)/\A8830342-D9BB-4223-93D6-4184F39F1C39\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
BootFFFF* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(3,GPT,b0eaa8df-9207-4640-96b6-201b49de77e5,0x1860e260,0x135f20)/\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
I still have a NixOS installation on my desktop. But I’m scared booting into it after a few months now, because running an update is probably screaming dozens of config changes, and I fear I need multiple hours figuring it all out.
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This is the history of all the operating systems that this HDD has seen over the course of its life. Only CachyOS, EndeavourOS and Garuda Linux remain. However, I usually work with my external SSD, also with the above-mentioned operating systems.
EDIT: Sorry, I have expressed myself in a misleading way again. What I meant was that you should look at your own efibootmgr -u output and possibly publish it. My output is only a template for others to share their outputs. It could be fun. Who dares?
I have edited my post.
sorry - don’t run efi-mode 
Looks new and almost unblemished.
My HDD has been working nonstop for 13 years and it seems like it’s about to retire.
That’s OK.
Thank you. It is a Western Digital model: WD5000BEVT-80A0RT0
I want to troll too 
Fedora gnome for work.
Rocky Linux on all servers.
Windows for main gaming rig (and for my wife).
CachyOS on the ROG Ally.
Now with docker and WSL2 windows could be use to work too but with more RAM lol
I tried garauda linux for only 2 days due to a cachyos issue with nvidia but now that’s fixed and holy garauda is bloated idc about gaming related software it’s fine but there was some software a user doesn’t want
If it ever dies, my data should be backed up and can be replaced.
I’m more concerned about the firmware bug, which Intel discussed a lot but never fixed.
In summary, I think the discovery of CachyOS was the best thing that could have ever happened to this old MacBook.
hopeful you didn’t take the LM 22 wilma.
there are a lot of issues and bugs
should become better in Dec with the first point-release
for a little playing around with, wilma would be a nice possibility
but surely not suitable as daily driver yet. lot of problems by missing libraries, kernel-updates, wrong dependencies …and so on.
@canadian trucker 
wish you all the best really 
didn’t mean to critizise you !
everyone may act as he likes it…
here’s an old man only, who likes and runs vanillaarch and siduction for a long time. — that’s it 
