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--- os:ubuntu:macbook_pro_2017 [2026/09/20 10:13] – [26.04 LTS] Julien Deswaef
+++ os:ubuntu:macbook_pro_2017 [2026/09/25 11:05] (current) – Julien Deswaef
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        Icon name: computer-laptop
          Chassis: laptop 💻
-Operating System: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
-          Kernel: Linux 7.0.0-14-generic
     Architecture: x86-64
  Hardware Vendor: Apple Inc.
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 ## 26.04 LTS
+.04 is a no-go as of this date for Macbookpro11,4 from 2017. The recent kernel and driver configuration associated make writing on SSD highly unstable. To avoid damage, Ubuntu will regularly turn the whole disk read-only.
+#### Here are some steps I went through:
 Any kernel above Linux 7.0.0-14-generic seems to break the system. So when installing from live usb 26.04.1, keep it offline so it does not fetch a new kernel. And once you've booted in properly installed system, block any upgrade of the linux kernel like this:
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 There might be kernels between 7.0.0-14 and the current 7.0.0-31 that work. But haven’t taken the time to figure out which ones. Internet seem to complain about the ones starting from 28. --- //[[julien@xuv.be|Julien Deswaef]] 2026/09/20 10:11//
+After further use and inspection. Could be more an issue in the driver for the SSD. I see a lot of IO errors with the disk even with the 7.0.0-14 kernel although [[tools:smartmon]] tells me the disks are sane. Need further investigation. --- //[[julien@xuv.be|Julien Deswaef]] 2026/09/22 11:27//
+Reverted back to the 22.04 installer. So far, none of the SSD errors seems to have appeared. Kernel 6.8 is the latest one available. 22.04 is valid till April 2027. --- //[[julien@xuv.be|Julien Deswaef]] 2026/09/24 16:40//
+Upgraded from 22.04 to 24.04 as I remembered that version once worked quite smoothly on the system before. And so far, still no IO errors with the SSD. Still on kernel 6.8. Ubuntu 24.04 is going to be maintained till 2029 so that’s already a better system to keep for now. What is curious is that the 24.04.5 installer did produce errors mostly because I believe it tried to install the 7.0.0 kernel. Something works better installing from 22.04 and then dist-upgrading to 24.04. --- //[[julien@xuv.be|Julien Deswaef]] 2026/09/25 10:12//