[NBLUG/talk] talk Digest, Vol 136, Issue 1

[Peter Lutz]

Do they (Staples) know how to do this, or is this comedy, like the
first line?

Peter

On 8/5/2015 9:58 AM, Michael Mcguffey wrote:
> Michael McGuffey wrote:
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> Installing Linux is hard because you have to solve complex mathematical
> calculations.
>
> Therefore, call Staples and talk to a service tech about installing
> Linux on a Mac.
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>    1. Linux installation on Mac? (ojo at sonic.net <mailto:ojo at sonic.net>)
>    2. Re: Linux installation on Mac? (Glenn Kerbein)
>    3. Re: Linux installation on Mac? (Omar Eljumaily)
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> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2015 08:42:19 -0700
> From: ojo at sonic.net <mailto:ojo at sonic.net>
> To: talk at nblug.org <mailto:talk at nblug.org>
> Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?
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> How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't
> want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I
> only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?
>
> Thanks
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 08:45:20 -0700
> From: Glenn Kerbein <glenn at spontaneousdancing.net
> <mailto:glenn at spontaneousdancing.net>>
> To: talk at nblug.org <mailto:talk at nblug.org>
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?
> Message-ID: <55BCE990.20901 at spontaneousdancing.net
> <mailto:55BCE990.20901 at spontaneousdancing.net>>
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> If you have an Intel mac, sure. I once dual-booted Gentoo x64 on my
> Macbook Pro with EFI.
> I don't see any reason why you couldn't just wipe the main drive.
> Although getting GRUB to replace the BIOS bootloader would be tricky, so
> you may have the EFI relic.
>
> You spent a lot of money for that Mac, no reason to wipe it. Just get a
> secondhand Windows laptop and wipe that instead!
>
> What model are you using? I can point you in the right direction if
> you'd like.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Glenn
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> On 08/01/2015 08:42 AM, ojo at sonic.net <mailto:ojo at sonic.net> wrote:
>  > How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't
>  > want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I
>  > only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?
>  >
>  > Thanks
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 08:54:41 -0700
> From: Omar Eljumaily <omar at omnicode.com <mailto:omar at omnicode.com>>
> To: "General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions,
>      etc." <talk at nblug.org <mailto:talk at nblug.org>>
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?
> Message-ID: <55BCEBC1.2070605 at omnicode.com
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> If it can run the latest Mac OS, it's definitely worth more than
> equivalent generic hardware.  They still have a lot of marketable value
> on Ebay.
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> On 8/1/2015 8:45 AM, Glenn Kerbein wrote:
>  > If you have an Intel mac, sure. I once dual-booted Gentoo x64 on my
>  > Macbook Pro with EFI.
>  > I don't see any reason why you couldn't just wipe the main drive.
>  > Although getting GRUB to replace the BIOS bootloader would be tricky, so
>  > you may have the EFI relic.
>  >
>  > You spent a lot of money for that Mac, no reason to wipe it. Just get a
>  > secondhand Windows laptop and wipe that instead!
>  >
>  > What model are you using? I can point you in the right direction if
>  > you'd like.
>  >
>  > Hope this helps,
>  > Glenn
>  >
>  > On 08/01/2015 08:42 AM, ojo at sonic.net <mailto:ojo at sonic.net> wrote:
>  >> How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't
>  >> want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I
>  >> only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?
>  >>
>  >> Thanks
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