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5 MacOS-like Linux distros that can rescue your old Intel Mac before support ends


When Apple drops support for your Intel Mac, these Linux distributions can give it a fresh lease on life.

Although when Tahoe is released and Intel-based Macs start losing support, Apple will continue providing critical security updates for those machines for roughly three more years, during which time they will not receive any new features. Jack Wallen/ZDNETAlthough elementaryOS might not have quite the elegance found in MacOS (it could certainly use a bit of glass and blur, in my opinion), it's always one of the first Linux distributions I think of when someone mentions a MacOS-like OS. The elementaryOS distribution is based on Ubuntu, so it includes a rock-solid foundation, the simplicity of the apt package manager, and Flatpak for the installation of all the apps you need.

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