[aklug] Re: Mac + linux

Hi Tim,
I have two dual booting Macbook Pros. I find that I rarely boot into Linux
since nearly all of the utilities/daemons I need are available from MacPorts
(http://www.macports.org/). The remaining utilities I am able to compile
myself.

When I do use a Linux distro, I usually use VirtualBox since it allows me to
switch between Linux distros, Windows versions, and BSDs without rebooting.
 It is even possible to have VirtualBox boot a second partition on your
mac's hard drive (so that the partition can be booted as both a host OS from
a cold boot or as a guest OS from VirtualBox).

Let me know if you have any questions.

--David M. Syzdek

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:

> I just got a mac mini. Latest (2011). 8 Gb RAM is on it way.
> I have not yet fired it up, but I intend to partition it for a
> dual-boot linux install. What research I have done indicates that
> the mac terminal provides a *nix-like experience and I should expect
> the apps that I can't live without - mc, vim, mutt and gvim
> (gui-based) as well as various interpreter binaries will work the
> same way.
>
> Has anyone else done a dual-boot on a mac with linux
> whose experiences can be shared?
>
> Can anyone share their 'mac terminal' experiences?
>
> thanks
> --
> Tim
> tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
> http://www.akwebsoft.com
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