<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span>Michael McGuffey wrote:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_11764" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_12693" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_4706">Installing Linux is hard because you have to solve complex mathematical calculations.</span></div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_9728"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_10670"><br></div></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_10508" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438791782306_12848">Therefore, call Staples and talk to a service tech about installing Linux on a Mac. </span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, August 1, 2015 12:00 PM, "talk-request@nblug.org" <talk-request@nblug.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Send talk mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk" target="_blank">http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:talk-request@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk-request@nblug.org">talk-request@nblug.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:talk-owner@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk-owner@nblug.org">talk-owner@nblug.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of talk digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Linux installation on Mac? (<a href="mailto:ojo@sonic.net" ymailto="mailto:ojo@sonic.net">ojo@sonic.net</a>)<br> 2. Re: Linux installation on Mac? (Glenn Kerbein)<br> 3. Re: Linux installation on Mac? (Omar Eljumaily)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2015 08:42:19 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:ojo@sonic.net" ymailto="mailto:ojo@sonic.net">ojo@sonic.net</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a><br>Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:ff3bb6e88b59b9159569efb6b936d7c9@sonic.net" ymailto="mailto:ff3bb6e88b59b9159569efb6b936d7c9@sonic.net">ff3bb6e88b59b9159569efb6b936d7c9@sonic.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed<br><br>How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't <br>want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I <br>only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 08:45:20 -0700<br>From: Glenn Kerbein <<a href="mailto:glenn@spontaneousdancing.net" ymailto="mailto:glenn@spontaneousdancing.net">glenn@spontaneousdancing.net</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:55BCE990.20901@spontaneousdancing.net" ymailto="mailto:55BCE990.20901@spontaneousdancing.net">55BCE990.20901@spontaneousdancing.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252<br><br>If you have an Intel mac, sure. I once dual-booted Gentoo x64 on my<br>Macbook Pro with EFI.<br>I don't see any reason why you couldn't just wipe the main drive.<br>Although getting GRUB to replace the BIOS bootloader would be tricky, so<br>you may have the EFI relic.<br><br>You spent a lot of money for that Mac, no reason to wipe it. Just get a<br>secondhand Windows laptop and wipe that instead!<br><br>What model are you using? I can point you in the right direction if<br>you'd like.<br><br>Hope this helps,<br>Glenn<br><br>On 08/01/2015 08:42 AM, <a href="mailto:ojo@sonic.net" ymailto="mailto:ojo@sonic.net">ojo@sonic.net</a> wrote:<br>> How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't<br>> want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I<br>> only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?<br>><br>> Thanks<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> talk mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a><br>> <a href="http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk" target="_blank">http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk</a><br><br>-- <br>Delta<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 08:54:41 -0700<br>From: Omar Eljumaily <<a href="mailto:omar@omnicode.com" ymailto="mailto:omar@omnicode.com">omar@omnicode.com</a>><br>To: "General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions,<br> etc." <<a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Linux installation on Mac?<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:55BCEBC1.2070605@omnicode.com" ymailto="mailto:55BCEBC1.2070605@omnicode.com">55BCEBC1.2070605@omnicode.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed<br><br>If it can run the latest Mac OS, it's definitely worth more than <br>equivalent generic hardware. They still have a lot of marketable value <br>on Ebay.<br><br><br><br>On 8/1/2015 8:45 AM, Glenn Kerbein wrote:<br>> If you have an Intel mac, sure. I once dual-booted Gentoo x64 on my<br>> Macbook Pro with EFI.<br>> I don't see any reason why you couldn't just wipe the main drive.<br>> Although getting GRUB to replace the BIOS bootloader would be tricky, so<br>> you may have the EFI relic.<br>><br>> You spent a lot of money for that Mac, no reason to wipe it. Just get a<br>> secondhand Windows laptop and wipe that instead!<br>><br>> What model are you using? I can point you in the right direction if<br>> you'd like.<br>><br>> Hope this helps,<br>> Glenn<br>><br>> On 08/01/2015 08:42 AM, <a href="mailto:ojo@sonic.net" ymailto="mailto:ojo@sonic.net">ojo@sonic.net</a> wrote:<br>>> How do you completely replace the Mac OS with a Linux distro? I don't<br>>> want anything from the Mac OS, no breadcrumbs, remaining on my Mac. I<br>>> only want Linux running on my machine. Is this possible?<br>>><br>>> Thanks<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> talk mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk" target="_blank">http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:talk@nblug.org" ymailto="mailto:talk@nblug.org">talk@nblug.org</a><br><a href="http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk" target="_blank">http://nblug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of talk Digest, Vol 136, Issue 1<br>************************************<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>