'09 Macbook Upgrade and Ubuntu Mate Install (+ First Impressions) 

Thanks!

I'm glad you liked it. Yeah, if it wasn't such a pain I'd replace the thermal paste in the Macbook.

I suppose Ventura would run pretty poorly; right now I installed Catalina on it and it runs OK but nothing to write home about. The moment you open up two-three applications it becomes pretty sluggish and unusable.

@@MacintoshMen Yeah, the Core 2 Duo and lack of Metal compatible GPU really reduces the performance of systems like those. I suppose Monterey would fare a little better than Ventura? I have Monterey running on a 2012 Mac mini (Dual Core i5, 12 GB of RAM, 480 GB SSD) through OCLP and to me it seems to run better than Catalina ever did.

I suppose the end for the C2D is finally coming. I have them still in my head as being useful but nowadys where everything on the internet got much more demanding you shouldn't bother with them anymore.

If one wishes to run macOS, I'd say 3rd Gen Intel is the minimum. Ivy Bridge Macs have the Intel HD 4000 iGPU, which is Metal compatible. With more and more applications requiring Metal, like newer versions of iMovie, GarageBand and iWork (does Apple still use that name?), anything older than that is going to deliver a bad experience to the user.

I'd like to try out Zorin OS at one point.

im just confused on why your performance is so bad

The Macbook Air's seem to be generally performing better than those Macbooks. Probably the GPU plays in there.

ah i see 🤔 @@MacintoshMen

No, mine worked fine