Hey, for proton, if you are running older games, you have to configure winetricks to support 32bit. By default proton is configured for 64bit. You can have both loaded and it will choose the dependency for the game. (Copied)
Thank you for the video! We've added detection for older AMD GPUs and automatically apply the kargs you needed so others that follow your lead won't have to do it themselves. It'll be available in the next Bazzite release.
12:30 for proton, if you are running older games, you have to configure winetricks to support 32bit. By default proton is configured for 64bit. You can have both loaded and it will choose the dependency for the game.
Can you configure Proton for 32-bit because I've only got WINE and a few games do some wonky things. Unless maybe it's selecting the 64-bit version of WINE by mistake.
i've been using linux for like 15 years and i remember when gaming was just not a thing at all on linux, unless you wanted to play SuperTuxKart (good game still lol) or any myriad of quake clones. Now, thanks to Valve, we have hundreds of games that are even AAA sometimes coming to linux. It's amazing. Some day I might never have to use windows again, right now I still use it for gaming personally because I don't want to fuss around much, but I'm excited for the day that I never have to use microsoft products anymore lol
@@albummutation2278 I highly recommend you doing the switch but in an smart way. You see, instead of replacing Windows for Gaming drastically, keep a Gaming Windows installation and a Gaming Linux installation, if something doesn't work properly on Linux, hop on Windows. That's what I do and I keep the best of both worlds. Also, CS 1.6 worked pretty well on Linux 15 years ago if I'm not mistaken, so I guess Gaming on Linux wasn't that bad. Not on Windows' level, but hey you could play one of the greatest multiplayer shooters of all time. Here, in Andalusia, Spain the regional governmet shipped laptops with Guadalinex based on the good ol' golden era Ubuntu, we used to call them "los portátiles verdes". They gaved us those machines back in primary school days so we used to play a lot of Counter Strike 1.6 through Wine pretty flawlessly. I remember being a kid and watching how the big boys in the school killed each other in Assault with those laptops.
@@albummutation2278Linux is getting better, slowly, but it still isn't close to being an OS for most computer users. Nerds and hard-core fans may like it, but for most it's a convoluted maze, full of confusing distros, different user interfaces and unintuitive software repositories. Having to frequently use the terminal to get things done... no thanks. In a bad year, I might have to dip in to a Windows shell once. I had my fill of that back in the '80s and '90s with the Amiga and MS DOS etc, and I don't miss it one bit.
Here's the fun thing- there are a few cars already running Linux that you can make run a normal desktop environment. We truly are living in the year of the automotive Linux desktop!
I have been using dual boot, eighter Dos/Linux, Win9x/Linux, WinXP/Linux or Win7/Linux since 1995. Only gone full Linux and ditching Windows in 2016. Linux are way better than Windows, pending only three specific situations. The first is that one is gaming hardcore on a PC. Second is that you need access to MS Office due to corporate work. And the third are extremely specific situations, like when your only eeprom programmer is an XGecu TL866-II Plus. 95 percent of situations, Linux are better than anything else, if we look at computing as a whole. Yes. As a whole.
@@user-mn8lz7gf6d yes use shitty mac os that isnt supported anymore to cripple the thing so they force you to buy new hardware where the older one is still relevant. This is why i like windows and linux
Pretty sure Fedora disabled amdgpu BECAUSE it's flaky with Vulcan. Have a similar setup with a 7970 XT and while pretty fast for the era the API support just never seems to have materialized. Excited to see what the coming Action Retro solutions are!
This is indeed the case. GCN 2 support on the admgpu support isn't quite there. You need to use older DXVK versions (so older Proton version) for better support. They use less of the newer Vulkan features.
9:30 Tip: In Bash two exclamation marks represent the last command that you (tried to) run. So instead of using the command history to get the command back, getting the cursor back to the front of the command and then adding "sudo", you can simply type "sudo !!" instead.
I purchased a 2013 Pro a few years ago, strictly as a project computer to upgrade. It was a beautiful device and challenging but enjoyable to work on. I was fortunate enough to sell it before the M1s hit the market or I would never have gotten back any of the money I put into it. I think what I miss the most, and this is true of all the Intel Macs, is the ability to run BootCamp because I have several Windows apps that Apple doesn't have an adequate replacement for. Sure, I can run it on Parallels, but it won't support old 32-bit apps..
It is a gorgeous little thing to have on your desk. I'd like to see it with Mac Studio guts in it, actually. Seems like it would be perfect for that sort of mid-range Mac.
@@ericwood3709 Yeah, it could actually make a come-back with M1 tech in it. (Or, you know, M2 or M3 or whatever Metric CPU comes after.) I have one of these, and while I can't justify using it as a daily-driver when a much more practical Mini will do the trick, I love it very much.
@@nickwallette6201 I picked one up a little while back. I figure it's good for running a 32-bit capable Mac OS version and running some older games, and it's definitely nice just to have sitting around looking pretty.
Thanks for mentioning Bazzite. I've been looking at a few different versions of SteamOS for my game cabinet and so far they all have their own issues that keep me looking for a replacement. Hopeful that it will feel better to me than HoloISO, winesapOS, and ChimeraOS have felt.
Universal Blue as a whole is really nice. I use the uBlue Silverblue image on my main PC and it works like a charm Bazzite-deck should work better than the ones you mentioned since it's effectively a recreation of SteamOS 3.0 instead of porting SteamOS 3.0 to a device it wasn't designed for
good to know, also want to put this out there but I use linux mint and I found out if you just change Proton to 7.0-6 fallout (new vegas 3,4) works maybe it can work on this too.
Why does everybody hate the trashcan? I love it. It is a beautiful machine. It is literally the reincarnation of the G4 cube but in a cylinder shape. I love the look. And if I could afford one, I wouldn’t mind buying it at all.
What I remember is that people loved the trashcan design. What they hated was the fact it overheated and began performance throttling with even medium intensity tasks. The amount of third party cooling solutions the ones in our design lab had was comical A great visual design. A terrible design for doing what you'd want a mac pro for (ie, design work and editing)
I got a 6-core in July for $250! I always wanted one and with the recent price drop I jumped at it! I’m using is as a daily driver… despite having a base model M2 Pro MBP 😂 It should get security updates for another year so why not enjoy it (or put Linux like this video, or Windows on it) For the price it’s a decent machine for that user who might need multiple monitors. Maybe like a lower-range power user.
Why would you waste it's potential with windows? You'd also be ruining your desk as it slowly melts it's way through. My IBM T41 still gets updates, since it's running gentoo.
I like how this thing was panned for its lack of upgradeability as a professional machine when it was launched, yet it is still infinitely more upgradeable than whatever Apple is trying to sell these days.
I love my 2013 trashcan Mac Pro, which I've upgraded with a 1 TB NVMe SSD and 64 GB of RAM, and I keep it at MacOS 10.14 Mojave. Mojave is a relatively modern and well-supported version of MacOS, but still has legacy 32-bit application support. Recently, I had a great time replaying Deus Ex: Human Revolution on my trashcan. Most of my vintage Intel Macs run Mojave, and I believe that if your Mac can still run Mojave, you should keep it there (or run a second partition with Mojave) for legacy app support. I have two Mac Pros: my 2013 trashcan, and my heavily-upgraded 2010 cheesegrater, which has a 3.46 six-core CPU (up from a 2.8 GHz quad-core), 48 GB of RAM, a 2 TB NVMe SSD in a glowing PCIe adapter, an RX 580 graphics card, a Blu Ray drive, a USB-C card and a FireWire 400 card.
The Trashcan, is the reason Mac Pro 5.1's held their value for a decade. It was Apple's biggest Eff You to the Pro User. It's also why most Avid workstations suddenly became Windows PCs. Anything that used PCIe cards, the Trashcan wasn't bought.
Note: it is stated that the memory is max 64 GB. This is incorrect: maximum it is 128 GB memory. My maxed out Mac Pro has 2xD700 + 128 GB + 12 core XEON.
I installed ublue the other day! There is something I really like about immutable Linux distros. Really stable, and if something does break you can just boot in to the last state. Want to switch out desktop environment? Sure rebase to another image and reboot, now you have a different OS with all your files and Flatpak apps still intact!
The big problem is that the cooling system inside is just not strong enough to keep it cool when under heavy load and that causes premature failure of the GPU(s).
It’s funny since I just recently got a 12 core and 64gb ram model for 180 since and I quote “it does not display when turned on” as soon as I got it I plugged it in and turned it on and it displayed just fine, it has been running Ubuntu and a minecraft server for quite a while lol.
In 2008 I bought a Xeon Workstation with 8x2500Mhz, 32GByte memory and a RAID1 made from 2x1TByte+60GByte Caching-SSD. It did cost €2500. Apple would have demanded around €5000 for a much less powerful configuration. Actually I still use this system as a secondary computer because its SMP power is still pretty solid.
I ADORE Linux running on Macs. My 2011 Mac Mini runs Arco Linux with MOST of the different window managers installed (I gravitate towards the floating window managers...). It also dual-boots into Debian with Cinnamon desktop when I'm just relaxing... My M1 Mac Mini runs Asahi Linux beautifully. Subjectively, apps seem more quick-reacting in Linux than in native macOS Ventura. Looking forward to more Linux-on-Apple adventures.
I've got one of these. When it came out my tower Mac Pro was starting to get near the end of its lifecycle. I didn't really like the non-expandible form factor, but I did have a move coming up so it actually was a convenient time to downsize my desktop. Served me well for 6 years. Since OS/X no longer supports it (and I have enough other Apple hardware that I don't need it for that role anymore) I've tried various Linux distros on it. Currently it's just being used to test some stuff on Debian/unstable. Unfortunately display wake-up hasn't been reliable... Might be because it has an old 30" monitor connected via the Apple active mini-DP to DVI converter. I should try it with a newer monitor I guess, but then I don't know what purpose I'd have for that 30"er since nothing else I own can output dual-link DVI. I'll look at trying the other AMD driver. I'm not gaming or anything on it so I don't really care about GPU performance but maybe it will be more reliable on wake-up
Fantastic! It’ll be awhile before that Mac Pro will ever go obsolete under Linux especially considering the fact that the GPU has supported by open source drivers (of course the AMDGPU driver being the best of what’s available). I’m willing to bet you could use a dedicated GPU via thunderbolt or perhaps the M.2 PCIE slot that it has (that some have used for NVME SSDs).
I upgraded mine to 128 gigs of RAM, 1 TB of storage using the AngelBoard and upgraded the CPU to the 6 core Xeon and the graphics to D500. It works quite well
I play all my games on Linux these days I have yet to find a game I can't get to run . some require a little tinkering and figuring out which version of proton to work . I don''t think I have booted into windows for over a year. I love that Linux can bring new life to old equipment that might otherwise find its way to the landfill
I've been rocking the Trashcan Mac until last year, I did try to use Linux on it before getting my current system however I was having graphical issues in Steam, Shadow, and in some games. The GPU driver fix at 08:12 was probably what I was looking for!
I own a 2009 cMP (all built out, of course) and have just relegated it to storage and Windows duty in favor of my 16" M2 MBP. But man I have a soft spot for the tcMP. I've been spending a lot of time browsing eBay for a dual D700 in great cosmetic condition. I'm going to upgrade the storage, CPU and memory and ultimately attach it to my TV to stream 4k movies from my cMP or MBP. The engineering is incredible and the design has actually grown on me a lot. I think Apple would have been better off expanding the size of the cMP but now that we're well past that point, it's tech well worth preserving and displaying.
I'm running Windows 11 as the only OS on this kind of a machine and it works like a charm. System Shock remake works on a high settings. Love the machine
Actually this Mac Pro (predecesor of Mac Studio) is very good ( design wise (limited expandability) and performance) but the problem is the Intel Processor ( T-Case: Case Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) ), so the processor is overheating during moderate-intense tasks and the GPU got affected due to ineffective cooling system (one main fan to cool down the hardware). @ Despite that Mac Studio (Apple Silicon Chip M Series) consider the redesigned Mac Pro (Trashcan).
the FirePro D700 is running on GCN 1.0 architecture, which does not support DXVK 2.0 and Vulkan 1.3. you need to run an older version of Proton, or use a custom version that does not use DXVK 2.0
i think proton doesnt work for some titles because the vulkan the hardware supports is too old and proton uses calls of a newer vulkan. You can go around it if you try to install older or a lot older versions of proton/wine and or try to use opengl instead of vulkan. Then it might work. PS: i had the same issue when i used the gtx 770.
I actually like the tube style form factor, though it unfortunately is very unpractical if it comes to installing hardware: The cooling principle is quite clever, due to the fan positioning at least potentially quite silent, it doesn't take all that much free space and the aesthetics are quite good compared to the simple mindcraft style blocks we are used too otherwise. Personally I prefer something even smaller that can stand on more than one end though, such as the ASRock Deskmeet X300 or a Minis Forum UM690 ... .
I just purchased one the other day! An 8 core, 64GB ram, dual d700. It’s a beautiful and innovative piece of design which was both its unique selling point and it’s downfall. It’s beautiful IMO. Flawed but special.
The hard part its to get both GPUs to share the loads. I have same one than you i have a custom video card driver installed but i still cant share the loads. Always only one working.
@@estebanpavez3162 With the Mac os, you weren't actually using both unless an app was specifically made to use both. This gave an edge to apple apps like iMovie... AMD crossfire is a thing on newer motherboards, I wonder if that Mac has a similar feature?
This will be a great use for my 6,1 when it's not my main machine. It's a 3.0 8C, 64GB, 1TB, D700 as original. Got a screaming deal when it was on clearance when the 2019 MP was released.
Having bought one of these mac Pros for ~$550 this year, it's kind of a boondoggle. It has way too many Thunderbolt 2 ports - and a lot of T2 hardware is getting hard to find. The best upgrade I found is a T2 docking station with an eSATA port that will allow a 4-bay Probox for ZFS. I don't care if it runs the latest MacOS though as long as Monterey is supported for a few more years. FYI you can also upgrade disk capacity pretty easily with a couple of USB3 Samsung T7s. And you can have 2.5Gig network with a USB3 adapter as well. Beyond that it's probably not cost-effective to upgrade beyond 32GB of RAM and maybe replacing the internal SSD with a faster model
You should compare the performance to the steam deck, And if you click Xbox and A at the same time the side menu will pop up use the on screen overlay when gaming to show temps and everything else. Great video keep up the fantastic work!
I still have one because it is upgradable and I am able to run it as a VMWare ESXi host with a whole virtual network of guest virtual machines (including macOS, Linux, and Windows) running on it.
@@hanhnguyenvan3955 ESXi is a bare metal hypervisor so you need a small boot drive with that. Storage can (probably should) be on another device. You can choose whether to boot from that drive or another as usual with a Mac, so you can learn about VMWare ESXi and then go back to using the Mac normally if you want. It appears that VMWare has no plans to release newer versions for Mac hardware (they do not seem to have plans to support Apple Silicon), so I don’t know how long this will be an option.
I haven't seen the trash can in about 4.5 years when i got to work on one for a lab at nasa. They are even worse to work on when enforcing government security standards.
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Hey, for proton, if you are running older games, you have to configure winetricks to support 32bit. By default proton is configured for 64bit. You can have both loaded and it will choose the dependency for the game. (Copied)
Nice phone.
Use this to play stalker
In an alternative universe Doug DeMuro is installing Linux on an old Ford Escort.
while eating a car panini!
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"the lag on the acceleration has indeed been reduced, but the framerate of the wipers are still not great."
It would certainly make it more quirky!
basically what android auto is, so it's not that crazy an idea...
@@fohkukohgekinot really
Thank you for the video! We've added detection for older AMD GPUs and automatically apply the kargs you needed so others that follow your lead won't have to do it themselves. It'll be available in the next Bazzite release.
Oh that's awesome!! Thank you for this project!
@@ActionRetro Well now that you did the hard work looks like it will be easier for us 🤪
Nice. I'll be giving Bazzite a try. Anything that makes gaming on Linux easier is worth it in my book.
john freeman... saver of humens
@@ActionRetroprobably should have installed holo os on it
Always good to see Fedora saving old machines (either directly from us or from our downstreams, collaboration is great)!
Love your distro
lol official fedora
no way is that fedora from hit show the fedora project
i use Arch btw
I use Arch btw
Sometimes when you get those Vulkan errors its worth using an older version of Proton. I found Proton 6 to be the most compatible across the board.
12:30 for proton, if you are running older games, you have to configure winetricks to support 32bit. By default proton is configured for 64bit. You can have both loaded and it will choose the dependency for the game.
For those that will say "just use windows", yeah... I don't want a hole melted in my desk thank you very much!
@@runed0s86 why would that happen???
@@runed0s86just use windows and put it on the floor, duh
Can you configure Proton for 32-bit because I've only got WINE and a few games do some wonky things. Unless maybe it's selecting the 64-bit version of WINE by mistake.
@@mecyanned you didn't get it.
It's really cool to see *Linux* gaming PC's becoming a thing now. I hope people keep making these sort of videos!
i've been using linux for like 15 years and i remember when gaming was just not a thing at all on linux, unless you wanted to play SuperTuxKart (good game still lol) or any myriad of quake clones. Now, thanks to Valve, we have hundreds of games that are even AAA sometimes coming to linux. It's amazing. Some day I might never have to use windows again, right now I still use it for gaming personally because I don't want to fuss around much, but I'm excited for the day that I never have to use microsoft products anymore lol
@@albummutation2278 I highly recommend you doing the switch but in an smart way. You see, instead of replacing Windows for Gaming drastically, keep a Gaming Windows installation and a Gaming Linux installation, if something doesn't work properly on Linux, hop on Windows. That's what I do and I keep the best of both worlds.
Also, CS 1.6 worked pretty well on Linux 15 years ago if I'm not mistaken, so I guess Gaming on Linux wasn't that bad. Not on Windows' level, but hey you could play one of the greatest multiplayer shooters of all time. Here, in Andalusia, Spain the regional governmet shipped laptops with Guadalinex based on the good ol' golden era Ubuntu, we used to call them "los portátiles verdes". They gaved us those machines back in primary school days so we used to play a lot of Counter Strike 1.6 through Wine pretty flawlessly. I remember being a kid and watching how the big boys in the school killed each other in Assault with those laptops.
@@albummutation2278Linux is getting better, slowly, but it still isn't close to being an OS for most computer users. Nerds and hard-core fans may like it, but for most it's a convoluted maze, full of confusing distros, different user interfaces and unintuitive software repositories. Having to frequently use the terminal to get things done... no thanks. In a bad year, I might have to dip in to a Windows shell once. I had my fill of that back in the '80s and '90s with the Amiga and MS DOS etc, and I don't miss it one bit.
Here's the fun thing- there are a few cars already running Linux that you can make run a normal desktop environment. We truly are living in the year of the automotive Linux desktop!
I have been using dual boot, eighter Dos/Linux, Win9x/Linux, WinXP/Linux or Win7/Linux since 1995. Only gone full Linux and ditching Windows in 2016. Linux are way better than Windows, pending only three specific situations. The first is that one is gaming hardcore on a PC. Second is that you need access to MS Office due to corporate work. And the third are extremely specific situations, like when your only eeprom programmer is an XGecu TL866-II Plus.
95 percent of situations, Linux are better than anything else, if we look at computing as a whole. Yes. As a whole.
This machine needs its own Linux distro, and they could call it Trash Can OS. 😂
rubbishOS
TrashMacOS
it's called MacOS...
@@user-mn8lz7gf6d 😂
@@user-mn8lz7gf6d yes use shitty mac os that isnt supported anymore to cripple the thing so they force you to buy new hardware where the older one is still relevant. This is why i like windows and linux
Thanks for showing off Bazzite! As someone who's followed the project closely, it's lovely to see people using it
Like those "Trash to Treasure" type videos except you only do it through software and it's still a physical trashcan in the end.
Or an extremly nice ashtray
Trashcan to treasure
Pretty sure Fedora disabled amdgpu BECAUSE it's flaky with Vulcan. Have a similar setup with a 7970 XT and while pretty fast for the era the API support just never seems to have materialized. Excited to see what the coming Action Retro solutions are!
The Linux kernel defaults to radeon over amdgpu is because there are/were missing features on the gen1/2 GCN chips related to analog outputs
This is indeed the case. GCN 2 support on the admgpu support isn't quite there. You need to use older DXVK versions (so older Proton version) for better support. They use less of the newer Vulkan features.
9:30 Tip: In Bash two exclamation marks represent the last command that you (tried to) run. So instead of using the command history to get the command back, getting the cursor back to the front of the command and then adding "sudo", you can simply type "sudo !!" instead.
PS: it doesn't work on the fish shell, so beware that it ain't universal.
@@arjix8738 on fish you can just press alt-s
What?? This whole time I could have been doing that? Thank you so much lol
This deserves more attention, I feel this is one of those things both newcomers and experienced users might go their lives needing, but not knowing.
@@arjix8738 the OP literally said "in Bash", no other shell was mentioned. Fish is irrelevant. Lol
I purchased a 2013 Pro a few years ago, strictly as a project computer to upgrade. It was a beautiful device and challenging but enjoyable to work on. I was fortunate enough to sell it before the M1s hit the market or I would never have gotten back any of the money I put into it. I think what I miss the most, and this is true of all the Intel Macs, is the ability to run BootCamp because I have several Windows apps that Apple doesn't have an adequate replacement for. Sure, I can run it on Parallels, but it won't support old 32-bit apps..
The MacPro "Trashcan" is a design-marvel. I like it very much.
It is a gorgeous little thing to have on your desk. I'd like to see it with Mac Studio guts in it, actually. Seems like it would be perfect for that sort of mid-range Mac.
@@ericwood3709 Yeah, it could actually make a come-back with M1 tech in it. (Or, you know, M2 or M3 or whatever Metric CPU comes after.)
I have one of these, and while I can't justify using it as a daily-driver when a much more practical Mini will do the trick, I love it very much.
@@nickwallette6201 I picked one up a little while back. I figure it's good for running a 32-bit capable Mac OS version and running some older games, and it's definitely nice just to have sitting around looking pretty.
"Oft-maligned tube of hubris" is so perfect for this ridiculous contraption. LOL
Thanks for mentioning Bazzite. I've been looking at a few different versions of SteamOS for my game cabinet and so far they all have their own issues that keep me looking for a replacement. Hopeful that it will feel better to me than HoloISO, winesapOS, and ChimeraOS have felt.
Universal Blue as a whole is really nice. I use the uBlue Silverblue image on my main PC and it works like a charm
Bazzite-deck should work better than the ones you mentioned since it's effectively a recreation of SteamOS 3.0 instead of porting SteamOS 3.0 to a device it wasn't designed for
One of my favorite designs. I recently upgraded mine to an 8 core cpu and repasted the gpus. I have it running Ventura.
I love trash macs, waiting for the day they become too useless for daily use so i can convert mine to a planter lmao
plug in a keyboard with the keys pulled out and some kind of moss growing inside!
I believe that day was 4 hours after launch. IDK what's worse, the tissue box g4 or this.
@@kurtwinter4422that’s the best name for the cube I’ve ever heard
Just please use one that is hopelessly broken, so those of us that like fully-functional old computers can get one that hasn't been neutered. :-(
Really nice meeting you at VCF Midwest today and thanks for the stickers!
That is one of the most USB usb devices you could have chosen. I love it!
@ 0:35 in: clever reference to Doug DeMuro! I watch his videos often.
For New Vegas, you'll need a fork of Proton. Not sure what it's called, but I got it to work by enabling that version for New Vegas specifically.
I think it’s Proton GE (Glorious Eggroll)
@@ShelbySann That's the one!
good to know, also want to put this out there but I use linux mint and I found out if you just change Proton to 7.0-6 fallout (new vegas 3,4) works maybe it can work on this too.
For some reason NV also works with older versions of proton
I actually like the trashcan, I know its got a lot of issues but its sentimental to me.
Why does everybody hate the trashcan? I love it. It is a beautiful machine. It is literally the reincarnation of the G4 cube but in a cylinder shape. I love the look. And if I could afford one, I wouldn’t mind buying it at all.
What I remember is that people loved the trashcan design. What they hated was the fact it overheated and began performance throttling with even medium intensity tasks. The amount of third party cooling solutions the ones in our design lab had was comical
A great visual design. A terrible design for doing what you'd want a mac pro for (ie, design work and editing)
I have a feeling we are going to experience some trashcan shenanigans
You had me at "oft-maligned tube of hubris"
Honestly, I use one of these as my main computer (I'm using it right now) and they're great. Severely underestimated.
I got a 6-core in July for $250! I always wanted one and with the recent price drop I jumped at it! I’m using is as a daily driver… despite having a base model M2 Pro MBP 😂
It should get security updates for another year so why not enjoy it (or put Linux like this video, or Windows on it)
For the price it’s a decent machine for that user who might need multiple monitors. Maybe like a lower-range power user.
Why would you waste it's potential with windows? You'd also be ruining your desk as it slowly melts it's way through.
My IBM T41 still gets updates, since it's running gentoo.
I like how this thing was panned for its lack of upgradeability as a professional machine when it was launched, yet it is still infinitely more upgradeable than whatever Apple is trying to sell these days.
it is weird to watch a video with the camera looking at a monitor on that exact same monitor...
The Doug score part got me good.
Apple MacPro with an AMD GPU, Running Bazzite Linux and controlling it all with an Microsoft XBox Controller.
That Doug DeMuro reference caused me to finally subscribe after watching you here and there for a few months.
T H E G R E A T E S T T E C H N I C I A N T H A T S E V E R L I V E D
I love my 2013 trashcan Mac Pro, which I've upgraded with a 1 TB NVMe SSD and 64 GB of RAM, and I keep it at MacOS 10.14 Mojave. Mojave is a relatively modern and well-supported version of MacOS, but still has legacy 32-bit application support. Recently, I had a great time replaying Deus Ex: Human Revolution on my trashcan.
Most of my vintage Intel Macs run Mojave, and I believe that if your Mac can still run Mojave, you should keep it there (or run a second partition with Mojave) for legacy app support.
I have two Mac Pros: my 2013 trashcan, and my heavily-upgraded 2010 cheesegrater, which has a 3.46 six-core CPU (up from a 2.8 GHz quad-core), 48 GB of RAM, a 2 TB NVMe SSD in a glowing PCIe adapter, an RX 580 graphics card, a Blu Ray drive, a USB-C card and a FireWire 400 card.
The Trashcan, is the reason Mac Pro 5.1's held their value for a decade. It was Apple's biggest Eff You to the Pro User. It's also why most Avid workstations suddenly became Windows PCs. Anything that used PCIe cards, the Trashcan wasn't bought.
I'm running Ventura 13.5.1 on my 2013 Pro with 3 monitors. It is running very well. Like the video, though. Always looking at new options!
Linux gaming has come a long way over the last 7ish years. I have switched over completly
Note: it is stated that the memory is max 64 GB. This is incorrect: maximum it is 128 GB memory.
My maxed out Mac Pro has 2xD700 + 128 GB + 12 core XEON.
I installed ublue the other day! There is something I really like about immutable Linux distros. Really stable, and if something does break you can just boot in to the last state. Want to switch out desktop environment? Sure rebase to another image and reboot, now you have a different OS with all your files and Flatpak apps still intact!
You should get a Grouch muppet to put next to the Trashcan - he would be a natural. Call it the Grouch OS.
The big problem is that the cooling system inside is just not strong enough to keep it cool when under heavy load and that causes premature failure of the GPU(s).
It’s funny since I just recently got a 12 core and 64gb ram model for 180 since and I quote “it does not display when turned on” as soon as I got it I plugged it in and turned it on and it displayed just fine, it has been running Ubuntu and a minecraft server for quite a while lol.
Great video!
I came for the old MACs and stayed for the Linux shenanigans
"Silky smooth!"
visible tearing
oh effing hell that bit at the start had me cracking up!
Sick Kaonashi shirt dude, also sweet vid. That was a great use bazzite, will have to try this out myself.
In 2008 I bought a Xeon Workstation with 8x2500Mhz, 32GByte memory and a RAID1 made from 2x1TByte+60GByte Caching-SSD. It did cost €2500. Apple would have demanded around €5000 for a much less powerful configuration. Actually I still use this system as a secondary computer because its SMP power is still pretty solid.
I ADORE Linux running on Macs. My 2011 Mac Mini runs Arco Linux with MOST of the different window managers installed (I gravitate towards the floating window managers...). It also dual-boots into Debian with Cinnamon desktop when I'm just relaxing... My M1 Mac Mini runs Asahi Linux beautifully. Subjectively, apps seem more quick-reacting in Linux than in native macOS Ventura. Looking forward to more Linux-on-Apple adventures.
I want this to come back with the new Apple chips, this is ABSOLUTELY the best design to showcase the capabilities of ARM.
I've got one of these. When it came out my tower Mac Pro was starting to get near the end of its lifecycle. I didn't really like the non-expandible form factor, but I did have a move coming up so it actually was a convenient time to downsize my desktop. Served me well for 6 years.
Since OS/X no longer supports it (and I have enough other Apple hardware that I don't need it for that role anymore) I've tried various Linux distros on it. Currently it's just being used to test some stuff on Debian/unstable. Unfortunately display wake-up hasn't been reliable... Might be because it has an old 30" monitor connected via the Apple active mini-DP to DVI converter. I should try it with a newer monitor I guess, but then I don't know what purpose I'd have for that 30"er since nothing else I own can output dual-link DVI.
I'll look at trying the other AMD driver. I'm not gaming or anything on it so I don't really care about GPU performance but maybe it will be more reliable on wake-up
One of these days I should do a parody of your videos on my channel with some of the weird Apple hardware I have. hehe
Ngl, 13:00 was pretty sick. I think the Tux Penguin really adds a charm to this Trash Can.
Fantastic! It’ll be awhile before that Mac Pro will ever go obsolete under Linux especially considering the fact that the GPU has supported by open source drivers (of course the AMDGPU driver being the best of what’s available). I’m willing to bet you could use a dedicated GPU via thunderbolt or perhaps the M.2 PCIE slot that it has (that some have used for NVME SSDs).
The trash can Mac is a perfect representation of Apple's current CEO.
That was legit awesome, gave me vibes of the keynote where Steve Jobs showed the Mac playing PlayStation games for the first time.
The favorite thing I love about you tubers is how they make polls. And then they decide to not go with the answer that wins. 😂
I’m a sucker for youtuber callouts but man I love it when my nerdy computer content calls out my car nerdy content
I upgraded mine to 128 gigs of RAM, 1 TB of storage using the AngelBoard and upgraded the CPU to the 6 core Xeon and the graphics to D500. It works quite well
Thank you for resurrecting the under appreciated trash can. I can’t wait to see what you do next!😊
To run the last command you run using sudo, instead of retyping the whole thing, you can run "sudo !!" instead. This is known as "sudo bang bang"
Its amazing how many people praise apple for their design forgetting they had more flops than successes. Love the video and the channel.
More flops than successes? If that were the case they probably wouldn't be so wealthy.
I play all my games on Linux these days I have yet to find a game I can't get to run . some require a little tinkering and figuring out which version of proton to work . I don''t think I have booted into windows for over a year. I love that Linux can bring new life to old equipment that might otherwise find its way to the landfill
I've been rocking the Trashcan Mac until last year, I did try to use Linux on it before getting my current system however I was having graphical issues in Steam, Shadow, and in some games. The GPU driver fix at 08:12 was probably what I was looking for!
I wish they would have used this design for a midrange consumer grade machine instead. It would have good for that.
I own a 2009 cMP (all built out, of course) and have just relegated it to storage and Windows duty in favor of my 16" M2 MBP. But man I have a soft spot for the tcMP. I've been spending a lot of time browsing eBay for a dual D700 in great cosmetic condition. I'm going to upgrade the storage, CPU and memory and ultimately attach it to my TV to stream 4k movies from my cMP or MBP. The engineering is incredible and the design has actually grown on me a lot. I think Apple would have been better off expanding the size of the cMP but now that we're well past that point, it's tech well worth preserving and displaying.
it comes with a speaker too. kinda based good video.
Im not a apple fan but i really wanted one of these and still do love the look of it and how small and compact it is
The old cheesegrater still looks timeless in 2023! 👌
The title you gave this video is the absolute BEST UA-cam video title that I've ever seen.
I got algorithmed in to watching this video and now I wanna buy a trash can to install Linux on an stickerbomb it. Nice job!
Oh yeah, that's the computer the Sebastian Lague has
Rofl, I really laughed at that "several days later" cut 🤣
I'm running Windows 11 as the only OS on this kind of a machine and it works like a charm. System Shock remake works on a high settings. Love the machine
Actually this Mac Pro (predecesor of Mac Studio) is very good ( design wise (limited expandability) and performance) but the problem is the Intel Processor ( T-Case: Case Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) ), so the processor is overheating during moderate-intense tasks and the GPU got affected due to ineffective cooling system (one main fan to cool down the hardware).
@ Despite that Mac Studio (Apple Silicon Chip M Series) consider the redesigned Mac Pro (Trashcan).
the FirePro D700 is running on GCN 1.0 architecture, which does not support DXVK 2.0 and Vulkan 1.3. you need to run an older version of Proton, or use a custom version that does not use DXVK 2.0
I've been using this thing as a homelab for a few months now
64 GB of ECC DDR3 quad channel is a steal
I got one cheap from auction all decked out for like $75. It’s been a proxmox node for a few years and still working quite well 🎉
i think proton doesnt work for some titles because the vulkan the hardware supports is too old and proton uses calls of a newer vulkan. You can go around it if you try to install older or a lot older versions of proton/wine and or try to use opengl instead of vulkan. Then it might work.
PS: i had the same issue when i used the gtx 770.
I actually like the tube style form factor, though it unfortunately is very unpractical if it comes to installing hardware:
The cooling principle is quite clever, due to the fan positioning at least potentially quite silent, it doesn't take all that much free space and the aesthetics are quite good compared to the simple mindcraft style blocks we are used too otherwise.
Personally I prefer something even smaller that can stand on more than one end though, such as the ASRock Deskmeet X300 or a Minis Forum UM690 ... .
I just purchased one the other day! An 8 core, 64GB ram, dual d700. It’s a beautiful and innovative piece of design which was both its unique selling point and it’s downfall. It’s beautiful IMO. Flawed but special.
The hard part its to get both GPUs to share the loads. I have same one than you i have a custom video card driver installed but i still cant share the loads. Always only one working.
@@estebanpavez3162 With the Mac os, you weren't actually using both unless an app was specifically made to use both. This gave an edge to apple apps like iMovie...
AMD crossfire is a thing on newer motherboards, I wonder if that Mac has a similar feature?
This will be a great use for my 6,1 when it's not my main machine. It's a 3.0 8C, 64GB, 1TB, D700 as original. Got a screaming deal when it was on clearance when the 2019 MP was released.
I have Ubuntu running on a 2013 mac mini just for web browsing and stuff, still works just fine.
Can amd crossfire be enabled in Linux to get those cards to at a minimum share their ram.
Retro tech and an XJ. I love this channel.
Burst out laughing when i saw the title and had to check this out. Well played lol!
Having bought one of these mac Pros for ~$550 this year, it's kind of a boondoggle. It has way too many Thunderbolt 2 ports - and a lot of T2 hardware is getting hard to find. The best upgrade I found is a T2 docking station with an eSATA port that will allow a 4-bay Probox for ZFS. I don't care if it runs the latest MacOS though as long as Monterey is supported for a few more years. FYI you can also upgrade disk capacity pretty easily with a couple of USB3 Samsung T7s. And you can have 2.5Gig network with a USB3 adapter as well. Beyond that it's probably not cost-effective to upgrade beyond 32GB of RAM and maybe replacing the internal SSD with a faster model
You should compare the performance to the steam deck, And if you click Xbox and A at the same time the side menu will pop up use the on screen overlay when gaming to show temps and everything else. Great video keep up the fantastic work!
The only product that Apple ever made that truly signifies the true spirit of their company and the products they sell...🤣
Just picked one up for the last days in Monterey but hoping for full Arch to come to this gem - and use a laptop cooler to prevent a space heater
You can already install full arch on it. Nothing is stopping you. Hell, you can install full arch on the M1 already
Got this going in my ears while I hang headers on my mustang. Love your channel!
Hell yeah!
I admit I lost it at "next generation Apple Pippin". That was funny.
It's funny to think that this Mac became Mac Studio and people love it
I love the Trash Can Pros. Was hoping they would come back with Apple Silicon, instead we got the boring Studio
Many a trash can still running in professional situations running older but great software.
I still have one because it is upgradable and I am able to run it as a VMWare ESXi host with a whole virtual network of guest virtual machines (including macOS, Linux, and Windows) running on it.
did you íntall VMWare on top of MacOs?
@@hanhnguyenvan3955 ESXi is a bare metal hypervisor so you need a small boot drive with that. Storage can (probably should) be on another device. You can choose whether to boot from that drive or another as usual with a Mac, so you can learn about VMWare ESXi and then go back to using the Mac normally if you want. It appears that VMWare has no plans to release newer versions for Mac hardware (they do not seem to have plans to support Apple Silicon), so I don’t know how long this will be an option.
Oh yay! A new video….. keep em coming…. I found this channel after ltt went down
I haven't seen the trash can in about 4.5 years when i got to work on one for a lab at nasa. They are even worse to work on when enforcing government security standards.
Would you send them all to me then, please? I'll give you the address
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS works out of the box on a lot of older apple devices without screwing with it.
Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis, is an Apple trashcan pro.
And today we are going to talk about its quirks & features --- oooops wrong show
That thing looks absolutely baller without its case! A clear case would be awesome
Cool vid. I bet the upgrades will help maybe the gpu cards can get the dosdude treatment 😀or maybe another upgrade is out there
i recently saw one of these for 800€ and it was definetly not a great deal for a Trashcan mac