[aklug] Re: Mac + linux

From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
Date: Thu Sep 29 2011 - 09:48:11 AKDT

* David M. Syzdek <david@syzdek.net> [110929 08:58]:
> 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.
  Thanks David and Jeremy for pointing me to good sources and your
  offers.
  cheers

-- 
Tim 
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com
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