Title: How to replace osx with Linux
Tags: partition;uefi;macos
Question: I tried searching for this answer but the only one I would was from 2012 and surely things have changed since then. Anyway, I inherented an iMac from my Dad when he upgraded to a MacBook Air.
I'd like to know if I have to do anything special in order to completely replace osx with Linux. I use Linux on my current laptop and hope I can turn this iMac into a Linux-only computer.
I already know I'll have to set up an EFI partition, but do I need to do anything else? If I did just reformat the internal hdd, would it still be able to boot? Is there anything else I should know before undertaking this task. I really don't want to brick it, you know!
Thank you!
Comment: Start by booting from a live Linux USB; Most installers are distributed in this way. That way you can take Linux for a test drive on the iMac hardware. Note: You can keep OSX, just in case, and dual-boot. You can shrink the OSX partition using it's built-in tools.

Comment: https://apple.stackexchange.com/ might be a better place to ask



{'source': 'StackExchangeDataset', 'subset': 'unix.stackexchange.com', 'metadata': {'AnswerCount': 0, 'CommentCount': 2, 'ContentLicense': 'CC BY-SA 4.0', 'CreationDate': '2019:00:12/14/19', 'FavoriteCount': None, 'PostTypeId': 1, 'Tags': '<partition><uefi><macos>', 'Title': 'How to replace osx with Linux', 'ViewCount': 42, 'id': 557179, 'user_AboutMe': "<p>I DM Pathfinder campaigns and am beginning to start turing them into short stories and novels.  If you're interested, please let know :)</p>\n", 'user_AccountId': 434417.0, 'user_DisplayName': 'Ev-', 'user_Reputation': 609.0, 'user_Views': 51.0, 'user_id': 47309.0}}