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Installed Debian on 2010 Mac Pro
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Depending which version of the MacPro you have exactly, that machine from 2010 is around the speed, or slightly faster, than a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8 GBs of RAM these days. The problem is the energy consumption, not really a green machine to run.
Yeah it's definitely not the best machine to get by any means. I'm waiting to see how it affects my next electricity bill :)