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    Mac & Linux

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Communism, Jan 29, 2008.

  1. Communism

    Communism Notebook Geek

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    is there any way for me to run linux on a mac with leopard?

    i should be getting my mac within the next month...

    and my classes are unix/linux based...

    just wondered if there's any way i can put linux on my mac...

    thanks!
     
    Communism, Jan 29, 2008
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  2. SGT Lindy

    SGT Lindy Notebook Consultant

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    OS X is UNIX with the best GUI made on top of it. You still have full CLI.

    You could also run VWware and then create a VM and install what ever Linux you would like.
     
    SGT Lindy, Jan 29, 2008
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  3. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    John B, Jan 29, 2008
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  4. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    yes you can. if you'd like, i can put up a guide for how to do it.
     
    stealthsniper96, Jan 29, 2008
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  5. Communism

    Communism Notebook Geek

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    yeah, if you could put a guide up it would be much appreciated, i really would like to have it on my mac when i get it for school

    and just to have it =)

    i dont know much about it, but i'm learning, and i love it

    oh, and should i get 2 gigs of ram, or get the 4?

    it hasnt shipped yet and i can still change it if i want
     
    Communism, Jan 29, 2008
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  6. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    Upgrade the RAM later. You can get far more for alot less.

    Depending on what you need to do, you may not need anything other than Leopard itself, otherwise you are more than able to run it virtually or natively on the Mac.
     
    Modly, Jan 29, 2008
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    What kind of classes are these? Pretty much everything except graphics and packet communications are transferable between Linux and Unix(code wise).
     
    system_159, Jan 29, 2008
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  8. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    ok sure, but i might not have it up till sometime saturday (school and all..). and also, what kind of linux do you want? i have ubuntu so thats what my guide will be based off of.
     
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  9. Communism

    Communism Notebook Geek

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    ubuntu is fine, i'm gonna talk to my friend who runs linux, so i can learn about it

    so yeah, any guide would be sweet!

    thanks a ton!

    and i'll get the 2gb now and upgrade later
     
    Communism, Jan 29, 2008
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  10. Eluzion

    Eluzion Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    You could also virtualize it with VMWare Fusion.
     
    Eluzion, Jan 29, 2008
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    Stunner Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, I would like a guide too. I am pretty much in Communism's shoes. Be sure to get the 2GB and upgrade later by yourself for much cheaper. There are many great RAM deals on www.newegg.com and www.outpost.com.
     
    Stunner, Jan 30, 2008
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  12. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    I'm working on it. Might have it finished tonight depending on how much I get done while Im wachin American idol.
     
    stealthsniper96, Jan 30, 2008
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  13. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    i second vmware fusion. its powerful and fast, and you can have one hard drive partition for both virtualization and to boot into directly.

    google will help sort out the details.
     
    masterchef341, Jan 30, 2008
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  14. hollownail

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    Yup, I third VMWare Fusion. Though if you need to do any CLI stuff, Apple will let you do that. You can also compile pretty much most linux software, or use a porting tool to run them.

    Now... if we just had a cool repository of free software that we could just use apt-get ....
     
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    MacPorts works semi well for that. Doesn't have a whole ton of stuff yet, and still has a few issues here and there, but it does the job.
     
    Modly, Jan 30, 2008
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