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Mac OS X: Mac and Linux
Always makes me Laugh!
by gforcegt13 - 3/23/07 11:10 PM In reply to: Mac and Linux by StargateFanEveryone that likes Mac's think they are so great and wonderful. Yet Mac switched to intel and you can run Windows and Linux on a Mac, etc. So why buy a Mac if you are going to put another OS on it?! Think about how they want to be so different when really they have given into the PC.
Linux
by stikkybubble - 3/24/07 2:33 AM In reply to: Always makes me Laugh! by gforcegt13I have an iBook, and because that is intel I had to use parallells to install windows, but as someone else said, parallels will let you install any OS. So far as I know, if your mac is compatible with boot-camp, that will too. It all depends on the specs of your MAC. Google it- I did. My PPC G3 was unsuitable for any of this, the iBook needed paralllels.
Linux is not the problem at all- wrong question. Don't take my word for it about the specs, this is off the top of my head. But <b>the right question would have been 'which method can i use on my macbook?'.</b>
I agree there is no point in having linux- PC friends are always on at me about this, and fail to understand when i say 'don't b silly, this runs on unix anyway'. However, i guess you must have some special need....?
If not, don't bother.
Installing Linux on a MAC
by ollie90680 - 3/25/07 10:01 AM In reply to: Mac and Linux by StargateFanYou didn't state what CPU you are using. Ubuntu has a LiveCD version which will run on Mac PPC (prior to Intel CPU). I have not installed Linux on my MAC's but use the LiveCD as a troubleshooting tool to seperate hardware/software issues. I don't see a problem installing Linux on Mac but I wonder why bother? Mac is basically a Nix (UNIX related OS) just like Linux. The security features etc are all in the MAC OS 10.X without going to Linux. Try a LiveCD first and see how Linux works would be my suggestion. If you have an Intel CPU you can use an i386 version of LiveCD from any distro.
Linux on an Apple PC
by Ptero-4 - 4/8/07 6:46 PM In reply to: Installing Linux on a MAC by ollie90680Ubuntu is your best bet if you need to install linux on an Apple branded PC. It supports EFI (the Apxles replacement for the common PC BIOS) on the x86 version and it haves a PowerPC version too.
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