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A Minty Fresh Refresh

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Joe_Williams

How a 2012 Mac Mini dodged the landfill—and Apple’s planned obsolescence—with Linux Mint. Continue reading →

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Posted in Computers, Curious Clutter, Joe's Garage, Trash or Treasure | Tagged 2012 Mac Mini, Affinity suite, Apple obsolescence, Apple repair, bootable USB, Brave browser, Dan the photographer, e-waste, Firefox, free software, Genius Bar, GIMP, glued batteries, hand-me-down Macs, Inkscape, ISO file, Linux Mint, Linux on Mac, M5 Mac Mini, Mac Mini, Mac Mini Linux install, Mac to Linux, obsolete Mac, open source software, repairability, second life tech, soldered RAM, tech resurrection, Wacom tablet, YouTube tutorial | 2 Comments
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