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    Apple MBP @ Linux

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by bczera, Oct 22, 2007.

  1. bczera

    bczera Notebook Geek

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    hi, i want to know what linux distro do you use, because i tried to install ubuntu 7.04 but there's no way i can haha, i want something simplified because i know NOTHING about linux and it's commands and all that stuff.. i just want to try something different, "think different" :D haha



    excuse my english, i'm not a native speaker :p
     
    bczera, Oct 22, 2007
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  2. bczera

    bczera Notebook Geek

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    btw, i have the 2.33ghz 15,4" MBP
     
    bczera, Oct 22, 2007
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  3. Harry

    Harry Notebook Consultant

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    yes can somebody please elaborate on this. Sam where are you!
     
    Harry, Oct 22, 2007
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    I had Suse 10.3 on my MBP for a while, it worked great. It's a very Windows friendly distro, meaning you don't have to know much terminal in order to get it to work.

    I know a couple of people with MB's or MBPs that have the new OpenSuse 10.4 on it, and it's snazzy for them as well.

    I personally like Gentoo, but I like terminal, so...
     
    system_159, Oct 22, 2007
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  5. Zedr0n

    Zedr0n Notebook Consultant

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    Why would you need Linux on MBP?
    OS X is internally BSD - you can cross-compile linux applications on MBP with fink for example(though I hate X-Windows personally)...

    My personal impression of OS X - unix os with a good(at last) interface...
     
    Zedr0n, Oct 23, 2007
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    thebluesgnr Notebook Enthusiast

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    thebluesgnr, Oct 23, 2007
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  7. bczera

    bczera Notebook Geek

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    it's just because i want to try it.. i like compiz and beryl, or, i liked what i saw :p , and i wanted to try it, because it seems interesting to me..
     
    bczera, Oct 23, 2007
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    Good luck getting beryl or compiz to work. I think it's easier on a nvidia card than ati though.

    You will have to use refit, as the link thebluesgnr gave. Which.. .maybe more complicated then you want to try.

    An alternative, though you can't use beryl or compiz, is to install linux on VMWare Fusion or Parallels.

    Though, if you try 7.10 on Parallels, get the alt cd. The normal one does not work.
     
    hollownail, Oct 23, 2007
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  9. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    im planning on running ubuntu on mine soon. check out ubuntuforums.org
    they have a whole section for apple users.
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 23, 2007
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  10. bczera

    bczera Notebook Geek

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    hmn.. that's a bit disapointing.. but.. well i will have to do a little effort to make it work.. haha.. thank you all guys.. notebookreview's forum RULESSSSS! :p
     
    bczera, Oct 23, 2007
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  11. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    I actually wanted to try the latest ubuntu, v7.10, gutsy ribbon or whatever. And play around with it. It's possible to have Leopard, windows xp, and linux on one machine? Maybe even add vista to the mix as well?
     
    00fez, Oct 23, 2007
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  12. SaferSephiroth

    SaferSephiroth The calamity from within

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    ^ Thats got to be counter productive. A whole bunch of space and effort gets wasted as you try to balance time spent with each of them.
     
    SaferSephiroth, Oct 23, 2007
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  13. orthorim

    orthorim Notebook Evangelist

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    Well you could let all of them run in VMWare or Parallels - run OS X, and run Linux and Windows in the virtual machine.

    I installed boot camp Windows XP but I find that I never use it. Whenever I need to quickly do something in Windows, I just start Parallels and do it there - just so much more convenient. Rebooting is not for me. Going to remove my Windows partition soon.
     
    orthorim, Oct 23, 2007
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  14. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just downloaded 7.10 and used the LiveCd on a machine with an ATI card. I ALWAYS have trouble getting the screen resolution to work properly, but in this case, it's perfect already: 1920x1200. I can't believe it! The first time I ever used Linux, it took me about a week to configure the damn screen resolution properly! LOL

    Edit: damn, I'm tired. Missed the whole point of the thread - Mac and Linux. I was speaking about another Linux machine with PCLinOS. Sorry guys.
     
    bmwrob, Oct 23, 2007
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  15. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    It isn't about being productive. I just like to learn as much as I can. I'm studying computer engineering, I love playing with any OS I can get my hands on, write apps, etc. Actually I see it as freakin cool to have all of the popular operative systems inside one computer :D
     
    00fez, Oct 23, 2007
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  16. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    run OS X regularly, then run windows virtually inside that. inside the windows virtual, run linux virtual.
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 24, 2007
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  17. bczera

    bczera Notebook Geek

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    don't let this important thread die! :p
     
    bczera, Nov 1, 2007
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