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Switching Operating system
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Is it possible to change operating systems on a macbook? No, I dont want dualboot, I dont want to use the mac OS at all. I want to try and install an linux dist. instead

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Yes, although it's not going to be easy. You need to find a distro that supports EFI and not just BIOS.

And why the hell would you do that? OS X is ace!

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I gave mac a shot, and I absolutely hate it...

Windows is better, but still sucks.

Linux is the only one thats free, and supports all file types.

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Would ubuntu work?

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Fair enough. I haven't tried ubuntu, but if you do try it you'll need to download the X86 version (or i386 for Intel, or whatever they call it) and not the Mac/PPC version.

It should work, I've never tested it on an Intel Mac. I'd recommend Fedora as another linux distro.

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Apparently it does. I got it mostly installed and have a boot disk. Now Im just backing up all my data

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I have Ubuntu running on my Mac, however I'm missing some functionality as I'm stuck on an old version as i have a PPC and they are dropping PPC support. If you have an Intel then you will be fine.

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Quote: from pleaseremove at 6:47 pm on Mar. 27, 2008
I have Ubuntu running on my Mac, however I'm missing some functionality as I'm stuck on an old version as i have a PPC and they are dropping PPC support. If you have an Intel then you will be fine.

You could always make the switch to Fedora.

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Quote: from espresso8097 at 10:23 pm on Mar. 28, 2008
Quote: from pleaseremove at 6:47 pm on Mar. 27, 2008
I have Ubuntu running on my Mac, however I'm missing some functionality as I'm stuck on an old version as i have a PPC and they are dropping PPC support. If you have an Intel then you will be fine.

You could always make the switch to Fedora.

Never been that blown away with Fedora, that said, haven't used it in anger since version 6 and I haven't followed it since then. Unfortunately I will have to take my laptop back to OSX I think, as as bad as it is, Linux still isn't there for everyday use for me.

Looking forward to the very newest version of Kubuntu when it comes out, that may finally just work for me, but that will never play ball with my laptop so that will be desktop only for me.

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Well that worked well...I switched it to Ubuntu, now the wireless wont work...

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It takes a bit of extra configuration to get wireless up and running in Ubuntu. But it's certainly possible, even for beginners.  Go to http://www.ubuntuforums.org, and then to either the beginner's forum, or the networking and wireless forum.  They'll definitely be able to help you there.  Or, you can message me, and I can try to help, too.  I have used Ubuntu and a distro similar to it, and gotten wireless up and running.  

You might need to install NDISwrapper, to run windows wireless drivers in linux, or some other config stuff.  Trust me though, it honestly isn't that hard.

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