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Quoth · 11-24-2023, 04:40 AM

Also I think Apple is prioritising their own ARM rather than Intel now.
Last calibre for 32 bit Windows or Linux is 5.44. Last 32 bit Linux Mint was 19.3.
Mint 20.x was 64 bit only (released 2020 and supported till 2025). Even my older than 10 year old laptops/Desktops are on Linux Mint 21.2 as there is no performance penalty or issues.

I don't know what the oldest 64 bit Linux is for x86-64 that runs Calibre 7, but I think most x86-64 Intel Mac can run Linux, but you'll not have any official MS Office support (2007 mostly works on WINE, 2003 works better) but native LibreOffice is best for Linux.

Windows 11 is fussier about HW than Win10, which needs a higher spec than Linux, but Win10 still supported and best for business/corporate applications such as payroll, accounts, Local MSOffice, SAP, Adobe.

You can try Linux on your mac for free. Not sure if will run from USB like is possible with non-Mac x86-64 and ARM. There is Linux on ARM longer than MAC OS or Windows. UNIX was on ARM in 1987 (Archimedes, alternative to RiscOS).

11-24-2023, 04:40 AM	#4
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,322 Karma: 105899727 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Also I think Apple is prioritising their own ARM rather than Intel now. Last calibre for 32 bit Windows or Linux is 5.44. Last 32 bit Linux Mint was 19.3. Mint 20.x was 64 bit only (released 2020 and supported till 2025). Even my older than 10 year old laptops/Desktops are on Linux Mint 21.2 as there is no performance penalty or issues. I don't know what the oldest 64 bit Linux is for x86-64 that runs Calibre 7, but I think most x86-64 Intel Mac can run Linux, but you'll not have any official MS Office support (2007 mostly works on WINE, 2003 works better) but native LibreOffice is best for Linux. Windows 11 is fussier about HW than Win10, which needs a higher spec than Linux, but Win10 still supported and best for business/corporate applications such as payroll, accounts, Local MSOffice, SAP, Adobe. You can try Linux on your mac for free. Not sure if will run from USB like is possible with non-Mac x86-64 and ARM. There is Linux on ARM longer than MAC OS or Windows. UNIX was on ARM in 1987 (Archimedes, alternative to RiscOS).