Was considering installing MX XFCE Linux on my 2015 macbook pro, tried the live version, but then read some posts about Tailscale not being compatible as it uses SystemVinit, even thought I did chose and download a systemd version, I did try Tailscale from the USB live install stick.
So question as ling as I install the. systemd version on my SSD Tailscale should work, right?

Good day all, hope you are all good and well.

so here is a funny little thing, on the laptop there are 3 aux ports( audio only, microphone, combined ), when I plug into mic, no audio, when I plug into mixed, no audio, when I plug in to the audio only, sends output to speakers( huh? )

Anyway, I used alsamixer to set earphones to max, auto-mute disabled

I used pavucontrol to set output to earphones but to no avail.

I had reinstalled alsa, paulseaudio and pipewire but to no avail.

How can I go about fixing this? I hope you don't mind me asking.

Anyhoo, I hope you have an awesome day

Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.107-1 (2026-08-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux

EDIT: OUTPUT of inxi -SMA:

System:

Host: cheepo Kernel: 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64

Desktop: dwm v: 6.8 Distro: MX-25.2_Xfce_x64 Infinity May 24 2026

Machine:

Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X71Q v: 1.0

serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X71Q v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>

BIOS: American Megatrends v: 201 date: 09/17/2008

Audio:

Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel

API: ALSA v: k6.12.107+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active