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May 10th, 2004, 12:37 AM
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 Linux on mac
I know you can run linux on a mac, but I was wonderin if anyone has ever partitioned their drive so one partition is OSX and the other is Linux. I was wondering if one, anyone has done this, two, if it worked, and three, if it would be a good idea for me to do it aswell. Thanks   |
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May 10th, 2004, 02:45 AM
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I did it once and it lasted a whole week...maybe?. There really wasn't any reason for the Linux OS to be there IMO, everything I needed could be done under OS X and the terminal. For me that's especially true under Panther. Is this just a 'cause I can thing' or did you have a specific reason to want to do it? From what I've seen, there are some people who do it with OK results and some who have problems. There's too many factors to really say one way or another why that is.
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May 10th, 2004, 08:08 AM
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I have to agree with mdnky... If it's a fairly new machine, there really isn't any reason to install Linux as Mac OS X should cover all the same bases that Linux would. However, if you DO have an older machine that either runs sluggishly on OS X or isn't supported under OS X, then you might want to use Linux (or Darwin, or Net/Open/FreeBSD) as that would bring new life to an older PPC Mac. Of course, it doesn't hurt to experiment and find out. Just make sure that you backup all your files before proceeding.
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May 10th, 2004, 10:27 AM
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Its mostly just a "cause I can thing" and ya OSX does do every thing i need, i was just wonderin if it was possible and if it was and worked very well then i might try it out. Thanks for ur help!
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May 10th, 2004, 10:37 AM
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Why bother? If you really want to 'use linux' why not just install KDE or Gnome on X11? Should be similar enough
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May 10th, 2004, 11:20 AM
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I've tried Gentoo, and YellowDog on my iBook. Dual boots just fine but I saw myself using Linux more than OSX. So did a reinstall but this time ONLY Linux was put on.
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May 10th, 2004, 11:24 AM
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How? Why on earth? 
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#8
May 10th, 2004, 07:11 PM
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Linux more than OSX!? who are you and what have you done with the real Lycander (whoever he was before he must have liked OSX more) O - and thanks dlloyd for the comment.
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