[Cialug] distro for ibook

[Nathan C. Smith]

Do infrequent reboots mean you spend more time in MacOS or more time in Ubuntu?  ;-D

-Nate

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:10 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] distro for ibook

2009/12/4 Brandon Griffis <brandongriffis at gmail.com<mailto:brandongriffis at gmail.com>>
We're about to get a macbook pro in at my office (intel based).  Anything to know about putting linux on it?  Does gparted work just as well for resizing the OSX partition or do I need to use something else to be safe?  Does grub work on Macbooks or do I need a different boot loader?

I suppose, basically, will linux install on the Macbook Pro the same as it does on any PC (HP, Dell, Toshiba) laptop running Windows or is there something to know or do differently in the process?


I've got a macbook pro and it runs Ubuntu great. Use bootcamp to create the partition. It will name it "Windows." Ignore most of the instructions Mac OS gives you. Boot off the Ubuntu CD and isntall into the free space. When you want to reboot hold down the option key while you turn the computer on and instead of botting into Mac OS it'll prompt you to choose what partition to boot.

I've heard there's somethign called ReFit (or similar) that gives you a boot menu. I've not used it since I reboot quite infrequently.

There are detailed instructiosn for many models here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSupportTeam/CommunityHelpPages

The most important thing I know of is to have ethernet networking handy since the wifi chipset probably won't work out of the box. It uses broadcom or one of those uncommonly supported chips.

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