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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Charles<br>
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Ubuntu definitely works. It also has the best geospatial support.
Any distro that supports EFI boot should work (Mint doesn't).<br>
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make space with your Mac disk utilities<br>
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Install rEFInd (EFI boot manager)<br>
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Install ext4 driver in rEFInd<br>
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Install Ubuntu. Don't install grub (you'll be using EFI instead).
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Disclaimer: The above are the basic steps - Google to find a good
guide!<br>
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Gavin<br>
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On 24/10/2013 10:44, Charles Rethman wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hello all,
Which Linux distribution is generally recommended for placing on a Mac partition? Ubuntu, Mint or any other? Its my first Linux installation so ease of use counts and it should work well with a Macbook touch pad and Mac gestures. I would prefer not to use a virtual machine but I would like to be able to read the Macintosh partition from the Linux one so I don't have to keep and sync copies of files that I'm working on with QGIS and other packages under Mac.
I know this is veering somewhat off-topic but the reason for my trying out Linux is to be able to a richer experience with OS geo-software... Thanks.
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