Re: [SLUG] Intel Mac with Linux

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sun Oct 26 2008 - 22:34:43 EST


On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Richard Smoot wrote:

> I gave a Kubuntu Live/Install CD to Roger on our advance install crew for
> Phantom of the Opera for his Intel Mac. He installed it in Parallels. He said
> it installed OK.
> Is this the best way to put Linux in an Intel Mac? Is the Linux running on
> top of OSX or directly?

Not sure what "Parallels" is (it sounds like some sort of virtual machine
environment) but ways to tell (which I think are "fsu sure") are, when you
shut down Linux, does it shut down the whole machine? When it first boots
from a powered-down state, is it MacOS booting up or Linux?

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