[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu 14.10 or 14.04 on Macbook Pro 8,2 w/ 2 internal SSDs
Hello! I've been trying to find guidance/help/instructions on how I can go about installing ubuntu on a secondary drive and leaving the main drive as is (running OS X yosemite).. and the only...
View ArticleUbuntu on Macbook Air 11 6.1
Hi Forum, I'd like to share my ubuntu + yosemite dual boot experience. In fact, I installed mac osx and ubuntu more than three times until I felt they're perfectly settled. But, I have to confidently...
View ArticleMax gpu on Mac pro 5,1 under Linux
Hi I'm curious to know if the Max gpu is still 8 running lunix on a Mac pro I know it's max 4 under OS X just wondering if it's a hardware limitation thanks
View ArticleBad battery fields on Macbook 13" retina?
Does anyone else have bad battery data? Code: $ egrep -i 'unknown|cycle|model|manu|serial' /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Unknown POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Unknown...
View ArticleTriple monitor support for Macbook retina 15?
Has anyone got any experience of using triple monitors with the Macbook retina 15? In particular, it would be useful to know: Does triple monitor work with Intel Iris / Nvidia 650m / Nvidia 750m?If you...
View Article[PPC] Improved fbdev performance with Compton
Hi, This is for radeon users who can't use KMS and are stuck with the fbdev driver (i.e., if you use the boot parameter "video=radeonfb:1024x768-32"). I noticed in Debian Jessie that window-dragging...
View ArticleMacbook Pro 11,3 - Must use nosmp with 3.11.3 kernel
Hi, I have a mid-2014 Haswell Macbook Pro (15" retina display) and I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on it, using this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro11-1/Saucy I am using Apple's EFI to...
View Article[ubuntu] Multi boot on MacPro 2008
Have Ubuntu installed on its own HDD. Want to keep OSX on its current drive and switch default boot drive at will. Can do that in OSX but do not know how to switch back to OSX from Ubuntu. Please...
View ArticleBooting into Windows instead of Linux
Hello, I'm on a mid 2010 15" MacBook Pro. I have Windows 8, Ubuntu and OS X on installed on my hard drive on different partitions. Everything was working fine until i reinstalled windows 8. Usually...
View ArticlePlymouth on Powerpc iBook4
Hi, I am just wondering if anyone has actually been able to get Plymouth or another splash screen working on powerpc architecture. Actually, I don't even need animation, just a simple picture to appear...
View ArticleBootloader for macbook
Im deciding weither i should dual boot mac osx, windows and ubuntu on my mac but i want to know is if ubuntu will install some other boot loader (Like grub) instead of the standard mac boot loader.
View Article[lubuntu] How can I exclude updating certain programs
The only thing that'll install on my old Powerbook G4 is Lubuntu 12.04. Installing updates does improve performance but it always installs Firefox 34.00 which doesn't work well at all. Is there a Linux...
View Articlecompiling urban terror on ppc
i recently revived a PowerMAC G5 that didnt have a hard drive so i installed Lubuntu 14.04.1 ppc on a new harddrive. well i love urban terror and want to get it runing on this machine. i downloaded the...
View ArticleDual boot OSX/Ubuntu on iMac fusion drive (step 3 install ubuntu ??)
I have a 1.2 TB fusion drive iMac 8gb RAM. Wishing to put dual boot OSX(10.8.5)/Ubuntu under refind control. Trial and erroring my way thru advice on...
View Article[PPC] Newest ubuntu version for Power PC G5 macs
I have an iMac G5 with mac osx 10.5.8 installed but i want to dual boot ubuntu because there are not many apps for osx, so i wanted to know what the latest version of ubuntu is that supports PPC.
View ArticleBest linux distro and/or version for macintosh performa 6200CD
i have an old macintosh performa 6200CD and it is basically useless because i don't play a lot of old games on it and i was wondering if i could install linux on it.
View ArticleUbuntu installation from DVD leads to white screen
HelloI am installing lubuntu onto my PowerBook g4 ppc Mac and when I booted off of my installation disk for Ubuntu, it asked me to boot which I did and then it started booting then the screen turned...
View Article[PPC] "E: Unable to locate package mate-desktop-environment-extras"???
Folks: Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, I have spent half the day trying to add the MATE desktop environment to my install of Lu 14.04 on my iBook G4 . . . I added the MATE ppa(s) . ....
View Articleunity 3d not working
After installation/update of some new packages, and the reboot, I could only boot ubuntu in unity 2d. From the terminal: XXXX@XXXX~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on...
View Article[PPC] Ubuntu 12.04 Installation issues
So i have been searching the internet a while and havent found anything on this. I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 PPC Alternate 32 bit on a Power Macintosh 7500 Here are the system specs: Mach Speed...
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