[plug] Sacrilege - running Linux on MacBook

[Richard Meyer]

Thanks, Linda

I'll give that a go if I can find one. It's a good mag, but I haven't
bought one for a while.

Knowing the mag it'll be thorough and up to date.

Thanks again.


On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 18:28 +0800, Linda Ray wrote:
> Hi Richard, not sure if it will help but this months linux magazine talks about doing a dual boot install on a MacBook Pro I think but Mac anyway.. it may help. That way you have best if both good worlds. 
> 
> Cheers Linda 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On 4 Jan 2018, at 4:34 pm, Richard Meyer <meyerri at gardenshark.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I have succumbed to the Apple media machine and bought a second hand
> > MBPro off Fleabay - it's a nice machine, fairly snappy and so on and the
> > touchpad is great - keyboard not too bad either.
> > 
> > Anybody taken it to the next step and installed OFOS* on it yet?
> > 
> > I've used to magic of Google - mea culpa - should have used DDG, I know,
> > and found quite a lot, lots written by almost technical people.
> > 
> > Also Youtube has a lot - some of it total gibberish and others, full of
> > how to install as a VM.
> > 
> > I have booted from USB stick and messed around, but wasn't able to get a
> > network connection (WiFi)   (Kubuntu 16.04)
> > 
> > If I were to bite the bullet and go ahead and install, what are my
> > chances?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *  OFOS - Our Favourite Operating System
> > 
> > -- 
> > Richard Meyer
> > 
> > As the ghost of a sceptic, I tend to stay pretty quiet.
> > 
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> > 
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-- 
Richard Meyer

As the ghost of a sceptic, I tend to stay pretty quiet.

Linux Counter user #306629