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The Macbook Air is a laptop in the Apple Macbook Family. Use this tag if you have trouble installing or using Ubuntu on the Macbook Air.

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How can I fix screen tearing and flickering issues with KDE Plasma and SDDM after switching from GNOME on Ubuntu 22.04?

I’m using a 2012 MacBook Air with an Intel i7-3667U processor and no dedicated GPU. I just reconfigured SDDM and went to use KDE, but I noticed that SDDM flickered white rapidly whenever at the login ... kubuntu kde intel-graphics macbook-air sddm ARS

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asked May 31 at 21:32 0 votes 0 answers 79 views

Ubuntu freezes after booting from USB drive on 2020 Macbook Air

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Air and I get stuck on the screen that gets displayed immediately after you boot off the USB drive where you are prompted to either try out or install ubuntu ... system-installation macbook macbook-air Jasmine Ellis

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asked Feb 18 at 11:38 0 votes 0 answers 25 views

Web Camera on Mac Book Air March/April 2014 Model Not Working

I have a web camera on Mac Book Air March/April 2014 model that is not working on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. Could someone give me the step by step guide walk through to get the camera to work. Thank you. mac camera macbook-air Still Water

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asked Jan 17 at 23:28 1 vote 0 answers 22 views

why isn't ubuntu showing up on my external display from my MacBook?

so for a long time i've wanted to get linux on my macbook, but my screen unfortunately broke a few months ago, so i'm forced to use an external one. whenever i try to boot into an ubuntu usb (latest ... macbook-air stargreen

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asked Nov 10, 2021 at 12:39 0 votes 1 answer 79 views

MacbookAir (21.04): resume from suspend very slow after recent update

Suspend and resume has been working on my MacbookAir for over 6 years now, and it continued to work normally upon update to 21.04. Some ensuing update created an issue where the resume (when pressing ... suspend macbook-air krumpelstiltskin

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asked Sep 4, 2021 at 21:09 0 votes 1 answer 81 views

Macbook AIR (2008, beginning). I installed KUBUNTU 20.04.2.0 - everything is fine, apart from the TOUCHPAD - Left button won't work. Please HELP

This is my first Linux install, so please treat me as a beginner. I'm an experienced windows user though. I wanted to utilise my old MacBook air and it seems that Linux is really cool, even with 2Gb ... touchpad macbook-air Paul JJ

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asked Jun 26, 2021 at 23:07 0 votes 1 answer 602 views

Ubuntu 21.04 can't start any program which hasn't been started recently after (maybe) random time

My MacBook Air running Ubuntu 21.04 is now faster than the 20.04 LTS that I had before. I fixed the secure-boot shimx error, but now the laptop can't start programs which haven't been started recently.... crash macbook-air 21.04 zram bfq france1

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asked Apr 30, 2021 at 12:19 28 votes 8 answers 15k views

bcmwl-kernel-source broken on kernel: 5.8.0-34-generic

Similar to bcmwl-kernel-source broken on kernel: 5.8.0-7630-generic except I'm using a standard kernel - WiFi worked without issues on my MacBook Air (2013) right until I pulled in the latest 20.04.2 ... drivers wireless kernel broadcom macbook-air Donald Sebastian Leung

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asked Jan 7, 2021 at 6:13 1 vote 1 answer 49 views

Black screen after hibernate on Macbook Air 2012

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and trying to make hibernation (sudo systemctl hibernate) working on my Macbook Air 2012. Actually it works so far, it wakes up, I can see grub but when it comes to the lock ... 18.04 hibernate macbook-air ciVic

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asked Dec 30, 2020 at 15:45 0 votes 1 answer 675 views

2011 MacBook Air with Nvidia - black screen on boot (and MokList RT error)

Late 2010/early 2011 Macbook Air 3-2, Narwhal or Meerkat presumably (model A1369) / Ubuntu 20.04 / No OS X. I wiped the disk when installing Ubuntu Installation from live USB stick. On first attempt, ... boot grub2 nvidia uefi macbook-air Axel Lieber

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asked Nov 28, 2020 at 5:41 0 votes 1 answer 557 views

Camera not working with Ubuntu, solution's stopped working (FacetimeHD, Macbook Air)

I've got a Macbook Air with Ubuntu installed, and I've had trouble in the past with my camera. I used patjak's solution from this forum thread, which I'll reiterate below. sudo apt-get install git ... webcam macbook macbook-air Luna W

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asked Oct 23, 2020 at 18:50 2 votes 0 answers 309 views

Ubuntu 20.04 on MacBook Air Mid-2011 Graphic Issue

I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a MacBook Air mid-2011 and Ubuntu works great. But I have a graphic issue with Firefox. I don't know how and when it happens but everyday I'm having this issue. Icons ... 20.04 firefox macbook-air Burak Erdem

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asked Sep 28, 2020 at 22:32 1 vote 1 answer 217 views

Will Ubuntu run fine in EFI mode on a Macbook that needs to run Windows 10 in legacy (BIOS) mode?

I'm wondering about potential issues with installing Ubuntu in EFI mode on a mid-2012 Macbook Air. From what I could gather from this page earlier Macbooks aren't UEFI compliant: 2012 and older ... dual-boot uefi macbook-air Andreas

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asked Sep 12, 2020 at 21:27 0 votes 0 answers 219 views

Delayed Wifi turn on after suspend in Ubuntu 20.04 Macbook Air 2017

Active 5 days ago Viewed 13 times 0 I have a Macbook Air 2017, and I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04. Everything works great, but I have one annoying issue: when I close my laptop and it goes to ... wireless 20.04 macbook-air Peter Mezei

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asked May 20, 2020 at 14:44 2 votes 0 answers 134 views

19.10 MacBook Air '11 Brightness Control not working

I have updated my Ubuntu since Dec 2019. I am running it on MacBook Air 2011, but when I tried to change my brightness to lower. It isn't a working function. I tried to update on my grub /etc/default/... grub2 brightness macbook macbook-air Ved

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asked Feb 18, 2020 at 21:17
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