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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Not all Linux Distros have perfect support for Apple hardware (I think Ubuntu does have support), but there isn't any intrinsic issue with dual-booting Linux. The simplest way is to use the Boot Camp Assistant to resize your hard drive and then just install Linux when it tells you to install Windows :). That will use the BIOS emulation mode that Windows needs though, whereas some Linux distributions can use native EFI booting, but I don't know how easy that is to set up. It's probably as simple as setting up rEFIt, but it might not be.</span>
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<div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I have a 13" MBP w/ Retina, and I'd be happy to try booting from any Linux live USB distro (it doesn't have a CD drive) you want and see if it works properly. That said, I must say that despite years of using Linux as my daily OS, OS X is much more polished, and still has all the nice *NIX underpinnings, so my Linux use is now confined to servers and my HTPC.</span></div><div>-- </div><div>Daniel Nelson</div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Norm Matloff wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div>I'm in the market for a small Ultrabook, SSD-only, and am considering</div><div>getting a Mac for the hardware quality. I would install Linux on it,</div><div>I've never used a Mac and don't have any desire to use OS X. I hate to</div><div>get rid of the Mac software, so I would dual boot.</div><div><br></div><div>But...I'd like to avoid unnecessary complications in my life. :-) Would</div><div>getting a Mac be risky in that regard? And areo any particular Linux</div><div>distros recommended for the Mac? </div><div><br></div><div>Norm</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>vox mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:vox@lists.lugod.org">vox@lists.lugod.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox">http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox</a></div></div></div></span>
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