[Cialug] Small and quiet Linux box suggestions

[Derek Etnyre]

Saw this in ArsTechnica today - thought of this thread:  http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/04/fast-but-compromised-gigabytes-amd-powered-mini-gaming-pc-reviewed/

For the money, think Mac Mini would be better, but I'm more then a little biased...

Not had much problem using bootcamp on Mac laptop.  Just hold down option key when powering on and then select partition to boot from.

Derek

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> On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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