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Old 03-01-2010, 01:59 AM   #1
linuxguy0481
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A good Linux distribution for my laptop Macbook late 2006 2,1


I am looking for the best Linux distro just something that will work with my system out of the box. I have a wireless setup at home but the wireless router is in a hard to get spot so a Linux distro that will let me install via wireless will be awesome.

I just want a Linux distribution that will support the extra keys on the Macbook keyboard like the volume, brightness and the eject keys. I also have the built in iSight camera. I use that to talk family out of state using Skype. The one issue I need to fix is with my laser printer. I have a Dell laser printer model 1710 I don't think drivers for this printer are in the Linux kernel but I could be wrong though.

I have tried Ubuntu 9.10 everything worked except my printer. I don't mind a GUI or a CLI. Also I am fine with any desktop environment.

I hope someone here can help out with this. Thank you.
 
Old 03-01-2010, 01:17 PM   #2
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Snow Leopard. I know it's probably not the answer you are looking for, but... That's your best bet for getting everything to work.

Use vbox and a virtual machine if you *need* linux functionality that you cannot get from Snow Leopard
 
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