Poll: Do you have another OS installed on your Mac?

When I had my MDD G4 PowerMac I had both OS X and Fedora Linux installed on it. Now, with my MacBook Pro, I have Linux Mint installed. Is one OS enough for you, or do you have another one piggybacking on your Mac?

    Do you have another OS installed on your Mac?

    • Nope, OS X FTW! (62%, 13 Votes)
    • Yes, Windows (24%, 5 Votes)
    • Yes, Linux (14%, 3 Votes)

    Total Voters: 21

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    Installing Linux Mint on MacBook Pro.

    Not to long ago I attempted to install Linux Mint 5.0 on my MacBook Pro. It went okay but things like the display driver and wireless just didn’t work right. Fast Forward to the release of Mint 6.0. Slick, the one word that sums up this new release. Automated driver retrieval and installation makes everything much much easier. The WiFi and ATI Control Center installed without a hitch. Combine all of this with Apple’s built in boot camp feature and you have the easiest and fastest dual boot system.

      Here are the pics:

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        3 Linux Distros for your PPC Mac

        Last week I wrote an article about bringing life into your old macs. This weekend we are gonna go a step further. Many of you may know that linux distros are perhaps some of the least demanding when it comes to hardware, so, here are the top 3 Linux distros that can put the power back into your PPC mac.

          1. openSUSE – openSUSE 11.0, which is sponsored by Novell, is a linux distro that is aimed at the average computer user. It comes with both KDE 4.0 and GNOME 2.22 (Graphical User Interfaces) as included options. However, if you are using openSUSE on a computer more then a few years old you may want to look into installing less demanding, more lightweight UI’s such as Xfce.
          2. Fedora – Fedora offers a more demanding and cutting edge experience as compared to other distros. It is full of unique an intuitive applications and lots of new features that may not show up in other operating systems for many months. Fedora offers a very powerful and elegant interface that is a breeze to both use and learn. Fedora is a very powerful and flexible system with close to two million users worldwide.
          3. Ubuntu – Ubuntu is a very popular distro that gained its fame through its ease of use. Its popularity makes finding support as well as applications very easy. The bad news however is that Ubuntu recently stopped releasing PPC versions of its distro. April of 2008 was when Ubuntu released Hardy Heron (8.04), the last version that supported PPC processors.
          Keep in mind that if you intend to install another OS on a computer that you are currently using, you will either need to format (erase) you existing drive or you will need to use a non-destructive partitioner. OS X 10.5 or any mac with Apple’s BootCamp installed can take advantage of non-destructive partitioning. Good luck and have fun.
          If you have any comments, or would like to add your input on this matter, please leave it below in the comment section.
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