[Cialug] Small and quiet Linux box suggestions

[Don Ellis]

I've been running Linux in VMs on Mac hardware, but then I like having OSX
as the main system. Had my first training on MacOS [predecessor] in
November '82, and waited for years to get a Unix-flavored system on it.
When I have to run Windows, I get really good results with the BootCamp
multi-boot feature. Haven't tried booting into Linux, though.

--Don Ellis


On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> wrote:

> How well do modern Mac Minis run Linux? When i first started thinking
> about mini PCs, the Mac Mini was the first that came to mind. I've run
> Linux on Apple hardware before (both PowerPC and Intel) and have been
> frustrated by the constant little problems though. But if i recall
> correctly, most of my post-installation issues were related to booting;
> the boot loader on Apple hardware seemed quite brittle and often broke
> on kernel upgrades. Maybe it is better now; the last time i ran Linux on
> Apple hardware was several years ago when EFI was a novelty that was
> really *only* available on Apple. None of my hardware is new enough to
> have it, but my understanding is that EFI is a bit more common now.
>
> On 2014-04-25 at 18:29:03 Rob Cook wrote:
> > My issues with that Brix mini PC is that once you spec it past
> > 'barebones' but not fully loaded with a core i7 you can buy a
> > refurbed Mac Mini with a core i7. There really isn't anything that
> > works better in this form factor than Mini and nothing will be as
> > quiet.
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