Hi, other listers please correct me if i'm wrong. my understanding is that you can install any OS to bootcam.
On 28/01/2015, Erik Heil <ehe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Wondeful suggestion, though with Bootcamp, you'll have to repartition the > drive, wich IMHO is overkill for this situation. So, it looks like VMware > is the easiest way to accomplish this task. Not to mention, its a lot > quicker. That's if Linux is even supported in a Bootcamp environment. As > I recall, its designed to aid the installation of Windows, and we don't > know if it modifies the system EFI partition. Simply too many unknowns. > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What about just install it to bootcam instead? >> How often that you need to run Linux and Mac OS side by side... >> >> Just my thoughts >> >> Regards >> Joanne >> >> On 28/01/2015, Erik Heil <ehe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello again, >> > FFirst of all, thanks for all the responses to my other questions. >> Really >> > >> > helped a lot >> > I was thinking of trying to get a full-blown GNOME desktop environment >> > running on this machine, as I am familiar with that environment. Doing >> some >> > >> > research, I can see that their is an open source version of the Xorg >> > X11 >> > Window system that I can install. Ideally, I would love the greatest >> > and >> > latest stuff viable from the GNOME Project which at present, is Gnome >> > 3.4.X. However, I think we have some problems. If I'm wrong in these >> > assumptions, feel free to correct me where necessary. If memory >> > serves, >> > GNOME 3.x has some dependencies on systems, which is Linux-specific. >> That >> > is, their is at present, no BSD-compatible system implementation. I >> > don't >> > believe that system needs to be running, however I do believe that core >> > system library functions are now dependencies. Does it make sense to >> > install a copy of VMware Fusion and install a copy of Debian into the >> guest >> > >> > VM? If I do go this route, is their anything I need to be concerned >> about >> > in Fusion specifically? Note that I have a license for VMware >> Workstation. >> > >> > Will I have to purchase an additional license for Fusion? >> > Second question >> > Does it make sense to install the GNU-specific tools? In my opinion, >> > they >> > are simply just better than the implementations provided by BSD. I >> > could >> > install them out of the way, into for example, /usr/local/bin, as that >> way, >> > >> > it won't conflict with software that is under version control via >> whatever >> > package management system that OS X uses to manage updates. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "MacVisionaries" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
