> On 6 Apr 2020, at 8:00 pm, macports-users-requ...@lists.macports.org wrote:
>
> Initially I burned the 64bit Ubuntu 18 version, but it wouldn't boot on my
> 32bit EFI Mac.
>
> There was no 32bit version of Ubuntu 18.04.4 that I saw, so I booted the
> Ubuntu 16.x 32bit version without trouble. But I didn't want to install that,
> as that seems doomed and out of date.
>
> And then I stumbled across a small C program that tweaks the ISO image in
> such a way that it allows the 64bit Ubuntu to boot on a 32bit EFI Mac.
> <https://github.com/demonicsweaters/make_single_eltorito.c> I risked one more
> DVD and to my modest surprise, it worked very well. I can't tell you exactly
> what it does, but someone on this list likely does know exactly what it does.
>
> Quite possibly it might work with the USB boot method as well, but I didn't
> try that as yet.
>
> To get the camera working on this older MacBook, there is software in Ubuntu
> that takes a driver from your existing MacOS installation and tweaks it
> slightly. "isight-firmware-tools".
>
> For newer MacBooks, there is another project to make the HD camera work. I
> did't try that.
>
> I did boot the 64bit DVD on another newer MacBookPro I have, and it booted
> up. I'm not sure at this second just which graphics card it is using.
>
> It's certainly not MacOS -- the trackpad is jittery, the mouse moves a bit
> clumsily, setting up hardware is easy if it "just works" but not so easy if
> it doesn't -- you have to edit conf files, etc. The microphone works in some
> applications but not other applications (what is that about)? SO yeah -- it's
> Linux, with all it's benefits and all the warts I remember.
>
> But it may be useful for some things, like the applications I need to use now
> that we're all at home with everyone in the house doing videoconferencing
> with different groups, and we all of a sudden have a need for many current
> computers with this capability.
>
> I'm glad I have it as an option -- I partitioned my SSD and with a bit more
> software that I plan to tweak today, I'm supposed to be able to dual boot
> without trouble.
I’ve got a new MBP which does not play at all nicely with linux (no trackpad,
keyboard, network I did not even try bluetooth.
I’m a fan of VirtualBox but I bought Parallels since it’s disk io was much
nearer NVME native speeds.
I run full screen SuSE on 1 desktop, where it behaves beautifully: Fast, no
noticeable impact on the rest of the system. I’m using Rosegarden and the USB
transfer seems good.
The few niggles are: Setup is good but much more obscure than VirtualBox
If I plug in a mem stick OSX wont see it until Parallels releases it.
Ubuntu seems to have adopted many mac features eg toolbar menu on the focus’d
app, dock etc
But this seems a way of getting all the pros without the cons
James
