Linux on all the macs!
5 hours ago, noahdvs said:That's true, but there's a lot more to Linux an macOS than Bash.
Thats the noise people make when trying to code something to work on linux bash bash bash Spending a few hours trying to use the command line in retropie so that it knows what raspberry pi I have was painful.
15 hours ago, kaiju_wars said:So I have a 2006 Macbook Pro (Core 2 Duo model), and a 12" PowerBook G4 (1.33GHz).
I want to install Linux on both of these. Now I know it'll be vastly simpler on the MacBook, but is there anything special I need to do for either laptop? I want the two laptops to dual boot Mac OS X and Linux.
Going back to the original question, no. You could get rEFIT like mentioned earlier but as long as you don't mind holding down the alt key when you want to change os'es you won't need it (Just after you have switched the mac on) Go into OS X, use disk utility and resize the partition to leave room for linux, put the bootable disk/USB in, hold down alt selected it and off you go.
The only thing is that you wont be able to use the function keys and perhaps some of the things with the trackpad, like two finger click; as there are no boot camp drivers for linux for a 2006-2008 macbook, there might be though.
I don't know how useful it will be to you but there is a website, http://en.uptodown.com/mac, you can download older versions of lots of programs, so chrome v38 for your G4 etc; I came across it when trying to find a version of chrome and opera for my core duo A1181.
Anyway I am not to sure if your G4 would support linux, because of the apple made CPU but I don't own a working one so I can't tell you yes or no. Before you do any of that though make sure you have a time machine backup of your system so if anything goes wrong you have a backup.
Hope it goes well.
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