The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Linux on a PowerBook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by bmwrob, Jun 24, 2007.

  1. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    4,591
    Messages:
    2,128
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    This is probably going to sound like an extremely dumb question, but here goes:

    I have downloaded Ubuntu 7.04 with a PC using . . . Ubuntu. How, and with what, do I copy to a CD? Yes, it's pretty dumb; it was simple enough with Windows (and I could just use a Windows machine again, but don't want to do that), but I've never done much of anything with Linux except surf the Net. My intent (with the help of folks with more smarts than my own :D ) is to use the CD to install Ubuntu into little PB which is going soon to live with a friend who also wants to give Linux a shot.


    Edit: Damn, put this in the wrong forum. To any mod who is able, would you please put this post in its proper place? Thanks.
     
    bmwrob, Jun 24, 2007
    #1
  2. MYK

    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    447
    Messages:
    1,792
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Isn't the whole idea behin linux to have an unix based os "like mac osx"? Stick with tiger.
     
    MYK, Jun 24, 2007
    #2
  3. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    4,591
    Messages:
    2,128
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    This isn't for me, MYK. I already have a Mac, and a PC with Ubuntu installed. My buddy wants the PB set up this way and I'm trying to do that for him. Additionally, this isn't work related, or actually needed in any way. He and I both will only be using Linux to experiment (basically as I'm attempting now) and play with the system.
     
    bmwrob, Jun 24, 2007
    #3
  4. Nicholie

    Nicholie Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    119
    Messages:
    229
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Nuh uh. I think the Linux desktop has been around alot longer than OS X...

    And Linux can do somethings the MacWorld only dreams about.
     
    Nicholie, Jun 24, 2007
    #4
  5. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    4,591
    Messages:
    2,128
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Ok, got it done: right click on desktop image, click on "write to disk." So simple yet I had a hard time finding the answer. :confused: :eek:
     
    bmwrob, Jun 24, 2007
    #5