[TriLUG] distro for macbook pro?

[Ron Kelley]

How about just getting VMWare Fusion and load Linux in your VM?  It works great!  I use it everyday and it is rock solid.  No real need to dual-boot...


-Ron



On Dec 14, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Charles Mangin wrote:

> i'm thinking of treating myself to a new macbook pro this Christmas, and i thought i'd dual boot it with OS X and linux. Fedora is my distro of choice on a variety of other boxes, so i'll probably go that direction, but i figured i'd ask what the peanut gallery had to say.
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> my intent is to dual boot, so it has to play nice with Apple's Boot Camp, and have available drivers "out of the box" for the Apple hardware (wireless card, firewire, etc)
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> any suggestions or caveats are welcome.
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> thanks!
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> Charles Mangin
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