# Mac mini recycling

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/mac-mini-recycling/2597>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** hardware, filemaker-server\
**Created:** [November 23, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/mac-mini-recycling/2597 "2021-11-23T06:30:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/mac-mini-recycling/2597/15 "2021-12-13T12:01:28Z")

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Far easier than I first thought:  
Booted the Mac mini 2011 from its HD, put in a bootable USB-Stick, prepared with balenaEtcher, restarted with opt-key pressed, choose EFiBoot, stepped through the Ubuntu install (nice one: ssh-server is an opt-in in the process), rebooted and ... got my promt, connected via iTerm from my Mac, next will be setting up the FMS now

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