Deployment of Linux Mint 18 32 bit on old Apple Macbook First install uTorrent http://www.utorrent.com/ I downloaded ISO of Linux Mint 18 Xfce 32 bit: http://distrowatch.com Burned ISO to DVD disk: http://www.poweriso.com Better to partition HDD before installation. partitioning HDD post installation leads to boot failure. Partitioned target HDD into 2 NTFS parts. First part 52GB 2nd part the remainder of 160GB capacity. Approx 100GB NTFS: https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm Deleted first partition, leaving 52GB free space above 100GB DATA partition Installed Linux Mint 18 Xfce 32 bit onto this free space However, NTFS DATA partition was not mounted Used Gparted to format NTFS DATA partition Copied to the DATA partition, 500 educational videos and 500 songs https://www.facebook.com/Drpcdrca/videos http://8tracks.com/anon-10153126276721456 setup firewall by simply setting it on http://gufw.org/ Installed 13 programs: 1. Audacity http://www.audacityteam.org/ 2. Blender https://www.blender.org/ 3. Calibre https://calibre-ebook.com/ 4. Cheese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_(software) http://alternativeto.net/software/cheese/?platform=linux 5. Chromium https://www.chromium.org/ 6. Gparted http://gparted.org/ 7. Geany https://www.geany.org/ 8. LMMS https://lmms.io/ 9. Mixxx http://www.mixxx.org/ 10. OpenShot http://www.openshot.org/ 11. RoseGarden http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ 12. Skype https://www.skype.com/en/ 13. Hardinfo http://www.usro.net/products/hardinfo/ Created backup image of the active Linux partition: https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-linux.htm Because BootitNG does not see the individual partitions of HDD formated GPT. To overcome 30 day limitation on IFL simply set system date to same month and year image was created. For Apple computers set date in terminal: sudo date 0801000116 Sets system date to one minute past midnight August 01, 2016