[aklug] Re: Mac + linux

From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
Date: Thu Sep 29 2011 - 10:27:34 AKDT

* Tom Simes <simestd@netexpress.com> [110929 10:07]:
> On 09/29/11 09:48, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > * 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.
>
> +1
>
> With OS X and Macports I have no need to hassle with dual booting.
>
> I've got a Mac mini, a hackintoshed Dell Mini 9 and a beige box (black
> really) hackintosh at home. I'm in FreeBSD all day at $job, and OS X
> under the hood is so familiar, the *nix tools are so easily available
> and it's so generally stable that I don't feel the need to dual boot.
  Oh, that is great to hear. I believe that I am being talked out of
  using a dual-boot configuration. What amount of RAM do you have on
  the mini? And, could you explain what you mean by 'hackintoshed
  Dell mini'?
  thanks

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Tim 
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