LiquidSpikes Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Hello Everyone! I just bought a brand new MacBook Pro and I am looking for a good Linux OS to drop on it. Specs are.... 2.4 Ghz Core 2 duo 4 GB of 667 PNY ram Nvidia 8600mGT with 256mb GDDR3 ram and 7200rpm 160GB harddrive so here are the distros I have tried so far.... Fedora 7 - Wont install because it cannot find the install media after you start the kernel Debian 4.0 "Etch" - doesn't seem to have any network connectivity, wireless or NIC and fails to find install media Mepis 7.0 beta 4 - Will not install to the Partition assigned its something glitchy with Mactel and mepis it will only install on MS DOS Partitions on macs...... Sabayon Linux 3.4F - cannot get past the splash screen Please I am dying here! I need my Linux fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagbag Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I heard an interview with Warren Woodford a few months ago espousing the benefits of SimplyMEPIS. He claimed SimplyMEPIS was the only distro that came with an installer for a MacTel. This was before 7.0 Beta. I think it was SimplyMEPIS 6.5. I'd recommend taking another look at their web site (and forums). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Looking for a well supported Macbook distro sorry man but this is really stupid phrase...i mean you can roll linux on anything... you just need good skills ... ~R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Ubuntu is good. Though, I haven't tried it on my macbook. With your specs you could run anything in vmware fusion and give it a gig of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Sabayon Linux 3.4F - cannot get past the splash screen Which one did you download? The 32 or the 64 bit version? For some reason with Sabayon that seems to be much more important than usual. Also I believe that openSUSE supports Mac hardware quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 sorry man but this is really stupid phrase...i mean you can roll linux on anything...you just need good skills ... ~R It's not stupid at all. I believe what he is looking for is a distro that support the Macbook's hardware out of the box instead of having to hunt down and install drivers. Similar to how people look for a good OSx86 distro that supports all of their hardware without too much extra work. What's wrong with looking for an OS that's not a pain in the ass to install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 There's a special MacBook and MacBook Pro release of eLive. You have to go to their website and email one of the devs, but it's worth it. Aside from that, there's always VMware / Parallels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSpikes Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Which one did you download? The 32 or the 64 bit version? For some reason with Sabayon that seems to be much more important than usual.Also I believe that openSUSE supports Mac hardware quite well. I downloaded the x86 (32 bit) version of Sabayon... I heard an interview with Warren Woodford a few months ago espousing the benefits of SimplyMEPIS. He claimed SimplyMEPIS was the only distro that came with an installer for a MacTel. This was before 7.0 Beta. I think it was SimplyMEPIS 6.5. I'd recommend taking another look at their web site (and forums). SimplyMepis 6.5 32-bit doesnt seem to find the hard drive.... Ayanami!!! the Elive Distro is GREAT! it was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you Ayanami! and Thanks to everyone else for your opinions!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I downloaded the x86 (32 bit) version of Sabayon... That is what I expected. Try downloading the 64 bit version (x86_64). You might be amazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unix Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 You know, Ubuntu is well worth taking a look. Its strength lies in the user community -- there are so many dedicated folks using Ubuntu on their MacBooks that support is incredibly good. Check out Ubuntu's forums for more. They have really detailed and easy to follow howtos on everything you might want to get working on the MacBook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Run the Mac OS on a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 That's what I was thinking. Really, why did you buy a Macbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Why do you want to run Linux? Mac OS X is in a way a distro of Linux (officially not, but very close). And you can run Linux programs with the help of X11. Pointless.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my1stmacisaHACK Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 lamp base imac gorgeous!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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