[vox] dual boot Linux on a Mac?

[bob maccione]

I use a mac air (11") and run multiple linux VMs.  Since I don't game the
Linux in a VM is perfect.   I use Parallels, VMware Fusion and VirtualBox
depending on my mood, etc.

I also run Solaris, Windows and even OS X under virtualization and it's
pretty nice.

I'm now installing Qemu (under os x) to try out FreeRTOS.

All in all it's a really nice development platform.

For Linux distros I've been using Ubuntu Server more and more (with a
lightweight window manager).   You don't say what you want to actually do
with the system so I don't know which distro would fit best.

Ubuntu is a pain if you are trying to do anything Oracle (IMHO),  I've
found it best to just bite the bullet and use Oracle Linux in that case and
use either vmware or virtualbox for the app.

lastly I recently setup a mac mini with ESXI (bare metal hypervisor),  that
thing is really cool (although you need another box to admin it).




On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Norm Matloff <matloff at cs.ucdavis.edu>wrote:

> I'm in the market for a small Ultrabook, SSD-only, and am considering
> getting a Mac for the hardware quality.  I would install Linux on it,
> I've never used a Mac and don't have any desire to use OS X.  I hate to
> get rid of the Mac software, so I would dual boot.
>
> But...I'd like to avoid unnecessary complications in my life. :-)  Would
> getting a Mac be risky in that regard?  And areo any particular Linux
> distros recommended for the Mac?
>
> Norm
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