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MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Seth Jacob Hoogeboom
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So, I just ordered a refurbished 15" MacBook Pro from Apple, and I was
wondering if Ubuntu works fine under Boot Camp? Has anyone had any problems? The laptop doesn't arrive until Monday or Tuesday, so I have a little bit of time to decide if I want to try it or not. Thanks for your help. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Chris Jones-42
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On 7 Nov 2009, at 1:47am, John Appleseed wrote: > So, I just ordered a refurbished 15" MacBook Pro from Apple, and I was > wondering if Ubuntu works fine under Boot Camp? Has anyone had any > problems? The laptop doesn't arrive until Monday or Tuesday, so I have > a little bit of time to decide if I want to try it or not. When I got my macbook Pro, about a year ago now, I thought I would eventually do the same. However, first I tried putting ubuntu into a Virtual machine, just as an experiment, and that was worked very well such that I never needed use BootCamp. The advantage of using a VM is of course yo don't need to dual boot, which is very nice. Of course, there is a small overhead to running in a VM, the biggest being your machine needs enough ram. But if you have enough, and I would say 4G giving 2G to the VM is a good balance, then I would give this a try. Dual booting is very yesterday ;) I know this isn't really an answer to your question, but I thought it might interest you if you hadn't thought of using a VM... Chris -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Steven Susbauer-4
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On Nov 7, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > Hi, > > On 7 Nov 2009, at 1:47am, John Appleseed wrote: > >> So, I just ordered a refurbished 15" MacBook Pro from Apple, and I >> was >> wondering if Ubuntu works fine under Boot Camp? Has anyone had any >> problems? The laptop doesn't arrive until Monday or Tuesday, so I >> have >> a little bit of time to decide if I want to try it or not. > > When I got my macbook Pro, about a year ago now, I thought I would > eventually do the same. However, first I tried putting ubuntu into a > Virtual machine, just as an experiment, and that was worked very well > such that I never needed use BootCamp. The advantage of using a VM is > of course yo don't need to dual boot, which is very nice. Of course, > there is a small overhead to running in a VM, the biggest being your > machine needs enough ram. But if you have enough, and I would say 4G > giving 2G to the VM is a good balance, then I would give this a try. > Dual booting is very yesterday ;) > > I know this isn't really an answer to your question, but I thought it > might interest you if you hadn't thought of using a VM... It may be worth asking on ##mac on Freenode, a member by the name of "branes" has suggested against running Linux in boot camp due to some issue it has with, I believe, voltage control. I am not very familiar with the issue or what problems it may cause, and have not tried running a distro in boot camp myself. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Chris Jones-42
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> It may be worth asking on ##mac on Freenode, a member by the name of > "branes" has suggested against running Linux in boot camp due to some > issue it has with, I believe, voltage control. I am not very familiar > with the issue or what problems it may cause, and have not tried > running a distro in boot camp myself. Hardware safety is one other reason I have stuck with a VM - I'm happier letting OSX handle the hardware and keep Ubuntu safely away in a virtual machine... -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Seth Jacob Hoogeboom
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Thanks for all the replies, guys. I think that I will do what has been said and just download VirtualBox and run Ubuntu there. I need Windows for school anyway so I think I will install it in Boot Camp instead. Thanks for the help.
-- Samuel Goldwyn - "I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong." On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Steven Susbauer <stupendoussteve@...> wrote:
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Chris Jones-42
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On 8 Nov 2009, at 7:10am, Seth wrote: > Thanks for all the replies, guys. I think that I will do what has > been said and just download VirtualBox and run Ubuntu there. I need > Windows for school anyway so I think I will install it in Boot Camp > instead. Windows can nicely run in a VM as well. No need to dual boot anything ;) -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Seth Jacob Hoogeboom
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Yeah, but I've found that Windows doesn't really run well under virtualization, unlike Ubuntu. ;)
-- Mike Ditka - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Chris Jones <christopher.rob.jones@...> wrote:
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Chris Jones-42
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On 8 Nov 2009, at 7:27pm, Seth wrote: > Yeah, but I've found that Windows doesn't really run well under > virtualization, unlike Ubuntu. ;) FUD. Runs just fine. I'm not a big fan of windows, but don't spread untruths... -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Seth Jacob Hoogeboom
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Hey, don't get mad at me, that's just been my experience with Windows
and virtualization. It's never worked well for me. Sent from my iPod On Nov 8, 2009, at 14:51, Chris Jones <christopher.rob.jones@...> wrote: > > On 8 Nov 2009, at 7:27pm, Seth wrote: > >> Yeah, but I've found that Windows doesn't really run well under >> virtualization, unlike Ubuntu. ;) > > FUD. Runs just fine. > > I'm not a big fan of windows, but don't spread untruths... > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users@... > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Derek Broughton
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John Appleseed wrote:
> Hey, don't get mad at me, that's just been my experience with Windows > and virtualization. It's never worked well for me. My experience, with many installations, is that it works just fine provided you have enough real memory on your host machine to be able to give the Windows machine what it needs without causing the swapper to thrash. -- derek -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Chris Jones-42
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On 9 Nov 2009, at 6:54pm, John Appleseed wrote: > Hey, don't get mad at me, that's just been my experience with Windows > and virtualization. It's never worked well for me. Sorry, sounded though to me like just a cheap pop and windows. My mistake. My experience is the opposite, windows tends to work better... I've always thought the VM developers (I use VMware fusion FWIW) put more effort into supporting windows than linux, for obvious reasons... Chris -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Tom H-4
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Partial hijack of the thread:
Can you right-click when in Ubuntu (either virtually- or dual-booted) with the new clicker-less trackpads? -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Chris Jones-42
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On 9 Nov 2009, at 9:03pm, Tom H wrote: > Partial hijack of the thread: > > Can you right-click when in Ubuntu (either virtually- or dual-booted) > with the new clicker-less trackpads? They do have a clicker, it is just built into the track pad. right- click can be done by either clicking on the right hand side of the pad, or via a two finger click. Works fine in a VM ubuntu, as it is unaware of all this and just receives a standard right-click. No idea about native running, never tried it ... Chris -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Re: MacBook Pro and Ubuntu.
by Tom H-4
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>> Partial hijack of the thread:
>> Can you right-click when in Ubuntu (either virtually- or dual-booted) >> with the new clicker-less trackpads? > They do have a clicker, it is just built into the track pad. right- > click can be done by either clicking on the right hand side of the > pad, or via a two finger click. > Works fine in a VM ubuntu, as it is unaware of all this and just > receives a standard right-click. No idea about native running, never > tried it ... Many thanks. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@... Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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