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neverskatewsandles · Sep 20, 2006, 09:08 PM

I have a macbook and want to put ubuntu on a live disk do i need to download the x86 intel version Since i have an intel based mac? It says for pc's but the macbook runs on an x86 chip not the mac download of a g3-g5 prossessor

goMac · Sep 20, 2006, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by neverskatewsandles

I have a macbook and want to put ubuntu on a live disk do i need to download the x86 intel version Since i have an intel based mac? It says for pc's but the macbook runs on an x86 chip not the mac download of a g3-g5 prossessor

Macbooks can run any PC OS, so yeah, you want the PC version.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 20, 2006, 10:08 PM

cool thanx

neverskatewsandles · Sep 21, 2006, 07:52 AM

Ok so i burnt the cd and its not working. I tried restarting a couple times and i dint work.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 21, 2006, 04:13 PM

Is there something i need to do to make the cd run? Because i know on windows your supposed to just put it in and restart this is not working for me

Philip J. Fry · Sep 21, 2006, 05:34 PM

Hold down the C key at startup.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 21, 2006, 05:45 PM

That doesnt work

TheoCryst · Sep 21, 2006, 07:16 PM

Hold down the option key as you are booting. You should see a boot menu, including the Ubuntu CD (it might be labeled "Windows")

neverskatewsandles · Sep 21, 2006, 08:30 PM

still not working

goMac · Sep 21, 2006, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by neverskatewsandles

still not working

Are you running a Macbook or a Macbook Pro? A Macbook Pro needs a firmware update. A Macbook does not.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 22, 2006, 07:40 AM

macbook and i have tried holding down the c key on start and the alt key and it is not being read

neverskatewsandles · Sep 22, 2006, 03:58 PM

Is there like some boot setting thing you need to change? I have read about this on windows but dont know about mac.

goMac · Sep 23, 2006, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by neverskatewsandles

Is there like some boot setting thing you need to change? I have read about this on windows but dont know about mac.

Holding down the C key tells it to boot from CD.

Does the CD work on a PC? The next option is it's a bad CD.

Oh, make sure you hold down the C key immediately after you turn the machine on.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 23, 2006, 11:19 AM

I have tried that but not on a pc and it is the x86 intel version.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 23, 2006, 01:34 PM

Has anyone had any success with ubuntu on a macbook? I just cant get it to work. If you have tell me how. PLEASE!

jamil5454 · Sep 23, 2006, 11:42 PM

Did you burn the image correctly? You don't burn the image as a file onto the CD, you use Disk Utility to burn the image onto the CD, and it *should* work. Googling "burn cd image mac" should return many helpful results, or even browsing the Ubuntu forums would work too.

goMac · Sep 24, 2006, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by neverskatewsandles

Has anyone had any success with ubuntu on a macbook? I just cant get it to work. If you have tell me how. PLEASE!

Yep. I've run Ubuntu on a Macbook Not Pro.

Tuoder · Sep 24, 2006, 11:29 AM

If tgis is any help, the guys who make Ubuntu will ship you a printed-out (not-burned) CD of Ubuntu if you want them to. It takes a while to show up, but you won't have to worry about a disc not being burned properly.

I was looking for a thread like this because i was trying to run Auditor. I heard people had gotten Ubuntu to work, but not completely without problems in every case. I would like to hear if this works well for you.

goMac, were there any problems running Ubuntu at all? Auditor did not work right for me. It booted in a safe mode. the touchpad and keyboard didn't work, or it was frozen, take your pick.

andreas_g4 · Sep 25, 2006, 06:12 PM

Get Parallels, it is well worth it. No hassle installing it, no partitioning etc. I am running Ubuntu in Parallels and it works like a charm…

neverskatewsandles · Sep 26, 2006, 07:50 AM

I'm burning it now as i type. I hope i did it right. Your sopposed to burn it as an iso right when you click on it your supposed to see folders and stuff? Now that im thinking of it i probobly did do it wrong.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 26, 2006, 04:11 PM

Well Just tested it and it works but i cant get on the net dont know why.

cgc · Sep 26, 2006, 04:17 PM

You oughta go to the Ubuntu forums where they have a Mac section. Plenty of Ubuntu experts in there...

besson3c · Sep 26, 2006, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by neverskatewsandles

Well Just tested it and it works but i cant get on the net dont know why.

If you really want us to be productive in helping, you are going to have to do your part and provide far more information than you have thus far.

Do you want our help?

alphasubzero949 · Sep 27, 2006, 05:01 AM

Originally Posted by neverskatewsandles

Well Just tested it and it works but i cant get on the net dont know why.

You're not going to get much help here. I haven't used a Macintel so I can't help you with your AirPort connection as I believe it uses a different chipset from the PPC models.

Go to Ubuntu forums and post your question in the Dapper PPC subforum.

neverskatewsandles · Sep 28, 2006, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

If you really want us to be productive in helping, you are going to have to do your part and provide far more information than you have thus far.

Do you want our help?

What do you need to know?

neverskatewsandles · Sep 28, 2006, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

If you really want us to be productive in helping, you are going to have to do your part and provide far more information than you have thus far.

Do you want our help?

What do you need to know?

neverskatewsandles · Sep 28, 2006, 09:04 PM

oops

ghporter · Sep 29, 2006, 07:51 AM

Let's start with all the details of your network setup-router, base station/access point, all their settings, your AirPort settings (in OS X AND in Ubuntu), etc... Lots of variables here, so tell us everything. There's something odd going on, but with so many proverbial moving parts, we need to know what's doing what before we can say what's not doing its job.

neverskatewsandles · Oct 2, 2006, 06:10 PM

I have a belkin router on a dsl network. I am on the automatic set up.

ghporter · Oct 2, 2006, 07:29 PM

When you set it up, did you set up the Ubuntu machine to "connect via DSL" or to "connect via a LAN"? It's quite possible that you have the router handling the PPPoE connection and Ubuntu's trying to do that as well. That will not work.

neverskatewsandles · Oct 3, 2006, 05:42 PM

I mean i want to do it wireless and for 2 i dont know anything about ubuntu or how to get to the settings

Chuckit · Oct 3, 2006, 06:24 PM

Ubuntu doesn't work with Airport Extreme cards without a lot of haxx0ring, last I checked. The company hasn't released any Linux drivers.

alphasubzero949 · Oct 4, 2006, 06:06 AM

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...bcm43xx/Dapper

<-- Has AirPort Extreme working in Ubuntu w/out a lot of hacking

Gee4orce · Oct 4, 2006, 10:49 AM

My advice - don't bother. I installed Ubuntu under Parallels, and it's like, meh. Why do you want to replace the Mac OS with an inferior OS ?

besson3c · Oct 4, 2006, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Gee4orce

My advice - don't bother. I installed Ubuntu under Parallels, and it's like, meh. Why do you want to replace the Mac OS with an inferior OS ?

It depends on what you'd want to use it for. If you want to learn how to run a server, it would be OS X Server that would be inferior.

cgc · Oct 4, 2006, 04:36 PM

I played with Ubuntu about a year ago and it seemed like a slower version of OS X. A lot of the common programs look almost the same as Apple's and a lot of the software I used in Uuntu (Openoffice, Firefox, etx.) were available in OS X either natively or via X11. I thought Ubuntu was very nice but redundant for most who already have OS X (and a machine capable of running it smoothly). Ubuntu also ran much slower than OS X on the same hardware (I used version 5 and 6 of Ubuntu).

goMac · Oct 5, 2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Tuoder

goMac, were there any problems running Ubuntu at all? Auditor did not work right for me. It booted in a safe mode. the touchpad and keyboard didn't work, or it was frozen, take your pick.

I booted from a live cd on my MBP just fine with no issues.

alphasubzero949 · Oct 5, 2006, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Gee4orce

Why do you want to replace the Mac OS with an inferior OS ?

Plenty of reasons. And I think you have it backwards my friend.

Chuckit · Oct 5, 2006, 08:19 PM

Dude, the fact that you think making Airport work on Ubuntu is simple illustrates exactly why he does not have it backward.

besson3c · Oct 5, 2006, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Dude, the fact that you think making Airport work on Ubuntu is simple illustrates exactly why he does not have it backward.

It all depends on what your computing needs are. As we've hashed out, Mac OS X Server is a very particular kind of server going after a very specific target audience. There is a lot of work out there for running Linux servers, and certainly a lot of things that can be done on this platform. Ubuntu is a good operating system for learning some of the basics of Linux. While many of these sorts of skills can be learned in the OS X command line, many are somewhat uncommon and/or awkward in OS X.

Chuckit · Oct 5, 2006, 08:34 PM

No argument, Ubuntu is a good way to learn Linux. That doesn't mean Linux is a superior operating system for day-to-day use. It's great for servers that you hope to leave running in a dark room with no supervision, not so much for actually doing stuff.

besson3c · Oct 5, 2006, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

No argument, Ubuntu is a good way to learn Linux. That doesn't mean Linux is a superior operating system for day-to-day use. It's great for servers that you hope to leave running in a dark room with no supervision, not so much for actually doing stuff.

Well, we've all assumed that this person is wanting to use Ubuntu for day-to-day use. Maybe this isn't the case?

Chuckit · Oct 5, 2006, 08:39 PM

Perhaps, but if he's looking for a server, a MacBook is a pretty bizarre choice.

besson3c · Oct 5, 2006, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Perhaps, but if he's looking for a server, a MacBook is a pretty bizarre choice.

Who says he would run the server on his Macbook?

neverskatewsandles · Oct 9, 2006, 09:35 PM

Nevrmind as i can see this is going to be too confusing for me for one and its not going to be used for a server. I was just looking to be playing around with it. I'll just stick with learnin the ins and outs of osx (im knda new to mac)

Tuoder · Oct 10, 2006, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by goMac

I booted from a live cd on my MBP just fine with no issues.

I can't seem, for the life of me to get Auditor to work. I fond an app called KisMac and it works for what I would have used Auditor for anyway. On a side note, Knoppix and Fedora Core LiveCDs work. Next, I want to try Ubuntu (in the mail) and DamnSmallLinux. I also want to try to get a preinstalled envirnment of Windows to work. I also want to see if DSL will work from USB. There are reports of people getting OSX to boot from USB, but I haven't been able to turn up anything on DSL.