Fix for making bootable Ubuntu Live USB with persistence using Unetbootin on...
I have been spending a lot of time recently trying to make an Ubuntu Live USB with persistence. I would make the USB with Unetbootin but at the end of the process it would report that this USB would...
View ArticleZFS on a root filesystem and Apple hardware
Hi all, thanks in advance for patience from a gnu/linux novice =) It's been many years since I tested a linux debian distro and I decided than now I'm ready and that I don't wanna delay the...
View ArticleIbook w/HHeron, no DVD iso - USB HD lubuntu 13?
I would like to ask for some guidance please, on how I can install Lubuntu 13 on my old iBook 600. My issues are: • My desktop machine (mac mini) will no longer burn DVDs, so I can't make a boot DVD or...
View ArticleLive boot on a Macbook pro
Hi! My girlfriend's macbook pro no longer boot, so I would like to use a live CD to at least check the state of the hard drive and do a backup before some genius touches it. The macbook was bought in...
View Article[SOLVED] Synaptics touchpad driver's speed settings are unreliable
Hi! I run Ubuntu 13.04 on MacBook Pro 8.2. The problem is that synaptics driver speed configuration seems pretty unreliable. The main difference between how the touchpad behaves under OS X and with...
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[ubuntu] Swap fn and control keys
All previous topics had been close while NO solution was provided. So all of them are UNSOLVED. I create this new topic with simple question: How to swap fn and control keys on MacBook Pro 8.2?...
View ArticleScreen Brigtness 15" rMBP mid 2012
Hello Everyone, I have a 15" rMBP from mid 2012. I have Ubuntu 13.04 installed with Nvidia's 310 propietary drivers. Everything is fine except the screen resolution, which is fixed at 2880x1800 and...
View ArticleChrome not playing YouTube (Flash) Videos
I have tried installing Ubuntu as well as the latest versions of Debian, Mint Cinnamon and Fedora on a MacBookPro 6,1. Everything works great except one annoying thing. The Chrome browser will not play...
View ArticleUbuntu on a MacBook Pro 17": any further suggestions?
Hi everybody I'd like to install the latest version of Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro 17", ID 5,2, Mountain Lion 10.8.5. I read your guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...elInstallation, but in...
View ArticleOnly kubuntu wifi problem.
Hello I'm a very new user in unix systems. I installed ubuntu 64 bit 12.04 LTS on my macbook pro 4,1 early 2008. I fix the problem in ubuntu with the wifi but always if I wanted to connect to wifi I...
View ArticleUbuntu Bootloader - Mac Mini
Hi Guys, Beginner here. I tried to install Ubuntu 10.13 on my Mac mini, but it didn't work twice (after it was installed it wouldn't boot) ....something about not finding the root disk. But the...
View Article[ubuntu] Macbook Pro 11,1 (2013 Haswell Retina)
Creating this thread to start listing things that are working / not working so others don't have to scour the Internet to confirm things. OS: Ubuntu 13.10 Doesn't work: - Speakers - iSight - Suspend /...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu on a Macbook with Linux Mint
I have a Macbook which I installed Linux Mint on a while back. I did not use a partition to keep OSX on it, so it only has Linux Mint. I decided I'd like to install Ubuntu on it, but I cannot get the...
View Article[ubuntu] MacBookPro6,1 error when using nvidia blob on boot
I've got a MacBookPro6,1 running Ubuntu 13.10 with the proprietary blob. I'm booting in EFI mode, and basically all of the installer defaults. Booting with noveau works fine, but as soon as I install...
View ArticleUbuntu Server 13.10 on mac mini 2011
I'm sure this has been asked here before but my google-fu failed me. So as you can probably tell by the title, I want to install Ubuntu Server 13.10 on my mac mini (2011 core i5). A couple of things...
View Article[PPC] Kubuntu 13.0 for PowerPC?
Hi. Is there a Kubuntu 13.10 for PowerPC image available? I'm not able to find one. Thanks
View Article[ubuntu] Remove rEFIT Linux Partition
Hello, I installed linux usign rEFIT correctly, but now I want to remove the partition and combine the Linux and the Linux swap partition back into the whole partition. If you were wondering why I want...
View Article[ubuntu] Restore grub with rEFInd on the mac mini with Mac OS X and Ubuntu OS.
Hello, This is the partition table of my Mac Mini (old verson) : Partition File system Mount Point Label Size Used Unused Flags /dev/sda1 FAT32 EFI 200.00 MB 18.12 MB 181.88 MB boot /dev/sda2 hfs+ Mac...
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Ubuntu Install on Intel Mac -- the "right way"
Hi all. So I have tried to install Ubuntu on my iMac as a dual-boot system (though I may be soon moving to a VM setup, if this post yields no results). I got Ubuntu to work, but I can't get it to load...
View Article[PPC] British summer time is over
Dark, rainy evenings...... so I'm thinking of playing with linux again. Back in March/April-ish time I started posting packages that I had compiled for PowerPC. Mainly Mate packages which can be used...
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