Comments on: Ubuntu-Book: Macbook owner installs Ubuntu on a Macbook? http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/ Tips, tutorials and resources for software and web tools/applications Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:16:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wowmir http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-4891 wowmir Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:32:03 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-4891 Hi I too am planning purchase of macbook 2.0 Ghz and will load ubuntu 8 on it Hi I too am planning purchase of macbook 2.0 Ghz and will load ubuntu 8 on it

]]> By: Sidu http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-1879 Sidu Thu, 01 May 2008 07:21:04 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-1879 i bought macbook and i am running both osx and ubuntu 8.04 on it. when you install ubuntu. somethings dosnt work. b/c the mac cd have the bootcamp drivers for windows (is only that windows will not provide you so mac is giving it for free). but for ubuntu some of the drivers comes with it but some of them like wireless or sound drivers and the major thing, right click you have to install them manually. just search online and you are able to do it. my macbook is working fine. i love it. its worth it with osx and ubuntu both. thanks to open source users. i bought macbook and i am running both osx and ubuntu 8.04 on it.
when you install ubuntu. somethings dosnt work. b/c the mac cd have the bootcamp drivers for windows (is only that windows will not provide you so mac is giving it for free). but for ubuntu some of the drivers comes with it but some of them like wireless or sound drivers and the major thing, right click you have to install them manually. just search online and you are able to do it.
my macbook is working fine. i love it. its worth it with osx and ubuntu both. thanks to open source users.

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-1333 Sumesh Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:34:51 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-1333 @Gijs: 30k isn't dollars - Nirmal referred to the Indian currency, Rupee. $1=40 rupees @Gijs: 30k isn’t dollars – Nirmal referred to the Indian currency, Rupee. $1=40 rupees

]]> By: Mossblaser http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-1332 Mossblaser Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:53:54 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-1332 I bought my macbook for two reasons 1) It would run Linux 2) With an educational discount I get it for just under the price of a standard laptop, but i do get a few bells and whistles (and of course the opportunity to use Mac OS on a machine less than 10 years old...) Two weeks went by as I thoroughly enjoyed Mac OS (For that brief period I thought it was the absolute best OS out there - a true short-term mac fanboy.) Once reality set in again and I got annoyed that I couldn't change certain things and that non-mac os specific software needed X11 which makes things run slow and ugly I decided to stick ubuntu on it. I whiped mac OS off (though I could've dual booted) and put ubuntu on and never looked back. Only thing to bear in mind is the new santa-rosa macbooks do have more issues and need ugly hacks (if you consider ndis-wrapper ugly) to make things work. I bought my macbook for two reasons
1) It would run Linux
2) With an educational discount I get it for just under the price of a standard laptop, but i do get a few bells and whistles (and of course the opportunity to use Mac OS on a machine less than 10 years old…)

Two weeks went by as I thoroughly enjoyed Mac OS (For that brief period I thought it was the absolute best OS out there – a true short-term mac fanboy.) Once reality set in again and I got annoyed that I couldn’t change certain things and that non-mac os specific software needed X11 which makes things run slow and ugly I decided to stick ubuntu on it. I whiped mac OS off (though I could’ve dual booted) and put ubuntu on and never looked back. Only thing to bear in mind is the new santa-rosa macbooks do have more issues and need ugly hacks (if you consider ndis-wrapper ugly) to make things work.

]]> By: Gijs http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-1326 Gijs Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:47:37 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-1326 Last weekend, I put Ubuntu on my Macbook, which came very cheap for me (someone gave it to me). But I removed it after two hours, after: 1. Not getting wifi to work with WPA2 2. Suspend-to-RAM didn't seem to kick in. 3. Bootup took 3 times as much time as OS X did 4. Rosegarden/Ardour just didn't come close to GarageBand On my desktop, I stick with Ubuntu. @Nirmal: 30k for a laptop. That shure ain't no dollars! Last weekend, I put Ubuntu on my Macbook, which came very cheap for me (someone gave it to me). But I removed it after two hours, after:

1. Not getting wifi to work with WPA2
2. Suspend-to-RAM didn’t seem to kick in.
3. Bootup took 3 times as much time as OS X did
4. Rosegarden/Ardour just didn’t come close to GarageBand

On my desktop, I stick with Ubuntu.

@Nirmal: 30k for a laptop. That shure ain’t no dollars!

]]> By: Preshit http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-1325 Preshit Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:32:10 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-1325 Nowhere in his comment does he mention that he was "unsatisfied with OS X". There is no rule which says Ubuntu cannot/should not be installed on a Mac. As Ashutosh says above, Ubuntu isn't made for cheap windows-based laptops only. There could be numerous reasons why he has installed Ubuntu on his Macbook. It does not imply that he's unsatisfied with OS X. Calling it stupid is even more stupidity. Nowhere in his comment does he mention that he was “unsatisfied with OS X”.

There is no rule which says Ubuntu cannot/should not be installed on a Mac. As Ashutosh says above, Ubuntu isn’t made for cheap windows-based laptops only.
There could be numerous reasons why he has installed Ubuntu on his Macbook. It does not imply that he’s unsatisfied with OS X. Calling it stupid is even more stupidity.

]]> By: Ashutosh http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-884 Ashutosh Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:25:35 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-884 @Sumesh I disagree with you as well. Ubuntu isn't made for only cheap Windows-based laptops. It's as much royal as OSX or Vista and so there is no harm or stupidity in trying it out on a Macbook. Just my thought... @Sumesh
I disagree with you as well. Ubuntu isn’t made for only cheap Windows-based laptops. It’s as much royal as OSX or Vista and so there is no harm or stupidity in trying it out on a Macbook.
Just my thought…

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-875 Sumesh Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:04:39 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-875 @Nirmal: If you're a non-geek or non-programmer, you'd probably be at home with Mac OS X. Its just my thought, and I'm not saying that anyone else will think like this. Maybe I should add a disclaimer stating it ;) @Nirmal: If you’re a non-geek or non-programmer, you’d probably be at home with Mac OS X. Its just my thought, and I’m not saying that anyone else will think like this. Maybe I should add a disclaimer stating it ;)

]]> By: sloth http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-846 sloth Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:14:04 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-846 I know that you can use Mac OS X if you can afford it ;) The point is, that if a person prefers Ubuntu, why not install it, even on a Macbook? :) I know that you can use Mac OS X if you can afford it ;) The point is, that if a person prefers Ubuntu, why not install it, even on a Macbook? :)

]]> By: Nirmal http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-812 Nirmal Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:50:46 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-812 @Sumesh. "Installing Linux on a Macbook is stupid" I do not agree to this point. Say for eg, I have a Mac book and I'm a fan of Linux, then you mean to say, I should spend 30k to buy a cheap Windows laptop and install it there? Each one has their own interest in Linux. @Sumesh.
“Installing Linux on a Macbook is stupid”
I do not agree to this point. Say for eg, I have a Mac book and I’m a fan of Linux, then you mean to say, I should spend 30k to buy a cheap Windows laptop and install it there? Each one has their own interest in Linux.

]]> By: Sumesh http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-808 Sumesh Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:13:01 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-808 @Sloth: My point was that you can use Mac OS X if you can afford one, instead of installing Ubuntu on it. I doubt Dell's build quality on some models like Inspiron, though XPS is superb. As for Mac OS X, Lifehacker has a hacking tutorial, but it wouldn't run very well on slower laptops. @Sloth: My point was that you can use Mac OS X if you can afford one, instead of installing Ubuntu on it. I doubt Dell’s build quality on some models like Inspiron, though XPS is superb. As for Mac OS X, Lifehacker has a hacking tutorial, but it wouldn’t run very well on slower laptops.

]]> By: sloth http://www.techzilo.com/ubuntu-on-macbook/#comment-809 sloth Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:03:55 +0000 http://techzilo.com/?p=241#comment-809 Well, why would you buy a cheap non-Macbook with worse hardware and production if you can afford a Macbook which is usually very long lasting and has great software, some people also love its design. Sure, you could as well get a Lenovo with the same hardware which as well would probably be as good produced as the Macbook, if not better, for less money and install your Linux distro there. Afaik, Lenovo, Dell and Mac are simply the best notebook producers considering hardware-support under Linux.. and the fact that MacOSX itself is a UNIX-based system just makes this more logical. You can probably run almost any other UNIX OS on a Macbook and have almost as good hardware support as with MacOSX. And except of buying a Win-Laptop for installing Linux onto it, you could also buy a cheap Windows Notebook and install MacOSX on it, with a few hacks.. since Mac uses Intel now, it usually works on non-Mac-computers as well :) Well, why would you buy a cheap non-Macbook with worse hardware and production if you can afford a Macbook which is usually very long lasting and has great software, some people also love its design. Sure, you could as well get a Lenovo with the same hardware which as well would probably be as good produced as the Macbook, if not better, for less money and install your Linux distro there.
Afaik, Lenovo, Dell and Mac are simply the best notebook producers considering hardware-support under Linux.. and the fact that MacOSX itself is a UNIX-based system just makes this more logical. You can probably run almost any other UNIX OS on a Macbook and have almost as good hardware support as with MacOSX.

And except of buying a Win-Laptop for installing Linux onto it, you could also buy a cheap Windows Notebook and install MacOSX on it, with a few hacks.. since Mac uses Intel now, it usually works on non-Mac-computers as well :)

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