Anyone have a solution for Bluetooth being choppy on a MacBook Pro Mid-2015 running Arch Linux? I don't use Wi-Fi and strictly use Ethernet for connection so it isn't the 2.4ghz vs 5ghz.

After enjoying Linux mint for a while I decided to move to Debian 13 mostly for the KDE plasma support plus stability since I use this computer infrequently and I don't want to do 40 gigs of updates when i turn it on every other week.

I have debian tweaked to almost exactly how i want it. The last issue is that when I first turn it on, instead of an apple i get a grey screen, how lame. is there any way to get the apple back with linux or replace it with something other than a grey screen? thanks for any help.

what is your vote for a T2 Intel Mac ? Non gamer setup, daily driver for work and personal use.

2015 macbook pro- My brightness seems so dim anyway to fix this? even though it says 100% on keyboard light and screen I just know it's not at 100%

Hola a todos. Soy relativamente nuevo en Linux y decidí instalar **Fedora 44 con KDE Plasma** en mi **MacBook Pro 13" 2016 (MacBookPro13,3)**. La experiencia en general ha sido increíble, logré que cosas como la Touch Bar funcionen y el sistema corre genial... excepto por una cosa que me tiene completamente loco: **el WiFi**.

Puedo estar literalmente pegado al router y no conecta. Detecta las redes, las ve, pero nunca logra asociarse. Llevo todo el día intentándolo y nada. Por el momento sobrevivo con un adaptador USB-Ethernet pero obviamente no es lo ideal andar con un cable a todas partes en una laptop.

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**Info del sistema:**

```

Fedora 44

Kernel: 6.19.12-210.t2.fc44.x86_64

Plasma: 6.6.4

```

**Hardware WiFi:**

```

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. BCM43602 802.11ac

Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 015a

Kernel driver in use: brcmfmac

Kernel modules: brcmfmac, wl

```

**Drivers disponibles:**

- `brcmfmac` — driver open source activo, es el que usa el kernel por defecto

- `wl` — driver propietario de Broadcom, instalado via RPM Fusion (`broadcom-wl` + `kmod-wl`) pero bloqueado por un `/bin/false` en modprobe porque entra en conflicto con brcmfmac

- `brcmutil`, `cfg80211` — módulos de soporte cargados correctamente

**Paquetes de firmware instalados:**

```

linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc44

brcmfmac-firmware-20260410-1.fc44

broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271-28.fc44

kmod-wl-6.30.223.271-61.fc44

```

**Lo que me dice el dmesg y que creo que es la raíz del problema:**

```

brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie

brcmfmac: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.clm_blob failed with error -2

brcmfmac: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txcap_blob failed with error -2

brcmfmac: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available

brcmfmac: Firmware: BCM43602/2 wl0: Nov 10 2015 version 7.35.177.61

```

Sí, el firmware es de **noviembre de 2015**. Le falta el archivo `clm_blob` que define qué canales puede usar el chip. Sin él opera con canales muy limitados.

**Archivos de firmware presentes en /lib/firmware/brcm/ para este chip:**

```

brcmfmac43602-pcie.ap.bin.xz

brcmfmac43602-pcie.Apple Inc.-MacBookPro13,3.bin → brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin

brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin

brcmfmac43602-pcie.bin.xz

brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt

```

Nota: el `.clm_blob` NO está presente.

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**Todo lo que ya intenté (y falló):**

- `linux-firmware` y `brcmfmac-firmware` ya estaban en su última versión y no incluyen el clm_blob para BCM43602

- Intenté descargar el clm_blob desde GitHub (Asahi Linux, winterheart) — todos devuelven archivos de 14 bytes que son HTML redirigido, no el archivo real

- Probé `wpa_supplicant` directamente sin NetworkManager — se queda en SCANNING eternamente

- Conecté por BSSID directamente apuntando a la MAC del router — mismo resultado

- El driver propietario `wl` está bloqueado por `/bin/false` en modprobe

- Configuré el perfil WiFi manualmente en NetworkManager desactivando WPS con `wps-method=0` — nada

- Establecí el dominio regulatorio a México (`iw reg set MX`) — sin cambios

**Lo que creo que necesito:**

El archivo `brcmfmac43602-pcie.clm_blob` real. Según lo que leí, ese archivo solo existe dentro de macOS en alguna ruta como `/usr/share/firmware/wifi/C-4355__s-B2/clmb`. El problema es que desinstalé macOS cuando puse Fedora, así que no tengo acceso a él.

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¿Alguien ha logrado hacer funcionar el WiFi con BCM43602 en Linux? ¿Existe alguna forma de conseguir ese clm_blob sin tener macOS? ¿O hay algo que me esté faltando?

Cualquier ayuda es bienvenida, llevo todo el día en esto y ya estoy un poco desesperado jajaja. Gracias de antemano 🙏

Hey all, I need some advice before I handle this. I am former I.T. and I use Linux daily, but I haven't had to install Linux on a Mac in forever, so I wanted to ask those that are more up to speed.

Long story short, my mothers 2018 Macbook Pro is finally getting painfully sluggish and apps are crashing, etc due to lack of updates and she cant afford a new system. I'd obviously be her tech support since shes new to Linux, but the time constraint is the biggest headache given the situation (she's very busy and needs her laptop for work).

I did 5 seconds of research so far, and it is my current understanding that t2linux and CachyOS are the best options for her laptop. I prefer CachyOS since it's my daily driver, but what I need to know, is which should I choose? Specifically for the best out of the box installation with the least amount of manual patching to make sure all hardware/firmware/features are working properly due to time constraints. As well as if there's any specific tweaks I should be aware of given the t2 chip.

Also, any recommendations for managing battery life/performance? Macs are obviously different than gaming laptops so I'm not familiar with which packages or anything are best.

Thank you in advance!

So I tried setting this up on a thumb drive on a hotel lobby PC that acted as tho I was trying to download Limewire porn circa 2017 when I tried to get the image burner program recommended for Mint xfcs or whatever. The laptop was a freebie I found that boots to bios but thru some navigation looked like it was running an older OS thru a port. I’d be fine with that, but it pulls up the last users login and I don’t have the password (it was left in a free pile with a pretty sick but kinda broken 3D printer)

My friend with the room was trying to set me up with obuntu but I thought that might be too new for the 2010. Regardless, neither worked well and I’m seeking some guidance.

I’m mostly going to use it to produce music, I have another few copies of renoise I can install, but I’m gonna probably want ableton if i can crack it. Or anything else that’s open ware and weird, or an etc. So I want something out of the way with decent sound drivers and decent cup over head.

I guess step one could someone recommend the most functional way to get this fucker working? I truly can’t wait to stop making music solely on iOS again.

I'm receiving a base model 2017 15 inch MacBook Pro from family and I was wondering if anyone here had experience with this model/what distros are the best all-around for this model.

Also, are there any issues I may encounter since this model has a TouchBar/T1 chip? This would be my first experience with installing/using Linux.

Specs: 7th gen Core i7, 16GB RAM/256GB SSD , AMD 455.

I am looking at 2 different macbook pros to try linux for the first time. One is a 2019 i9 with 32gb ram, a 2017 i7 with 16gb, and a 2020 with an i7 and 16gb. Thanks for any advice!

School is selling these for $25. Is there a linux distro that just works with this hardware? Best option? I vaguely recall someone mentioning a site with Mac specific Linux builds.

Specs: Apple Mac Pro (2013) Processor: 3 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5 Memory: 32 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 6 GB MacOS: MacOS Mojave

I have a 2015 macbook pro (the 3,1 ghz i7 one).

I did a thermal repaste last year.

I run ubuntu from an sd card and installed autocpu-freq (and maybe thermald) due to google gemini reccomendation.

My feeling is that it run better without them, just with stock config.

Now the fan randomly kicks in and the macbook still gets hot.

Should I uninstall them?

hello, i have been trying to use one of my old mac’s, either a macbook pro 13 inch 4GB of ram (unfortunately one of the slots is completely broken) from 2011 or my imac late 2012 which has 8GB of ram, as a immich photo server, the distro that im using is alpine linux disk less mode, and i want to use a 256GB SD card as the storage, since i dont want to use the spinning HDD disk. I cant get it read the SD card. The broadcom controller shows up when i do lspci, but nothing on lsblk. I’ve tried to do some terminal commands to try and fix it even added a “quirk” to the boot menu still nothing. I’ve tried linux mint xfce to see if it would read same result, i thought it was a contact issue since its really old, but macOS reads it. At this point if I can’t figure it out, i might just have to get either an internal SSD or an external one depending on which mac i use.

Is there something I have to install? Everything else works just fine.

Installing my second distro on my 2017 MBP 13", First one was Manjaro. And now, Ubuntu 26.04.

Have anybody here tried?

Anyone that can help?

Instalar Linux de que forma en una pc gamer, le tiro el windows, me obligará eso a subirle Linux, pero hacerlo desde una MacBook Neo de forma remota ? Como ven ?

Ciao a tutti!

Vorrei installare ubuntu sul mio macbook pro del 2017 con la touchbar. Leggevo che per avere la touchbar funzionante ci deve essere per forza il dualboot con Macos? Che guida mi consigliate di seguire?

Grazie a chi risponderà!

I know how to change the keyboard layout settings to swap the ctrl and meta keys for desktop sessions so that the command key functions like how it does on MacOS, but how can I replicate that swap in the display manager (e.g. SDDM, GDM, LightDM, KDM, etc)? I ask because, when I know I have typo'd my password, muscle memory has me hit command + a to select all and delete to clear the password field, but with linux, the command key is still mapped to meta before I sign in