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On Jun 19, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On Jun 19, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: >> Well, you can run Linux on a MacBook Pro too (dual-boot, even). And >> then your "other OS" is Mac OS X instead of Windows... > > > Yep. Ubuntu 9.04 runs well on the next to most recent generation > (non- > unibody) MBPs. Most things work out of the box. A few such as > wireless For those following along at home, its a broadcom 802.11n card, which requires their binary driver. > and trackpad Also broadcom, but supported in the latest upstream kernels, iirc. > require manual package installs. reboot doesn't > work but that kernel bug isn't unique to Macs. Didn't know about that one. But presumably fixed in later upstream kernels. -- Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
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