[Cialug] distro for ibook

[Brandon Griffis]

Thanks for the details and the link.  Can't believe they expect so much $$$
for those laptops and then cheap out with things like broadcom wireless.  No
wonder wireless reception is kinda crappy with Macs.  Good to know.

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> 2009/12/4 Brandon Griffis <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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