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Hello, i heard someone here got Linux on a MBP, and I know a Mac Mini isnt portable, but it fits in my Hand. So I was wondering how I can get Linux on my Mini-Not Gentoo, too hard to get xwindows-.
Distribution: Xubuntu 9.10, Gentoo 2.6.27 (AMD64), Darwin 9.0.0 (arm)
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I've had very good luck with gentoo on all my pcs and macs (though I don't have an intel mac just a g3 & a g4). I would be glad to give you help with anything that comes up along the way if you try gentoo (including X).
Distribution: Xubuntu 9.10, Gentoo 2.6.27 (AMD64), Darwin 9.0.0 (arm)
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Apparently support for intel's Extensible Firmware Interface is provided by the elilo bootloader. so it isn't specific to any distro. but yes gentoo has it:
Code:
* sys-boot/elilo [ Masked ]
Latest version available: 3.6_p20060314
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 179 kB
Homepage: http://elilo.sourceforge.net/
Description: Linux boot loader for EFI-based systems such as IA-64
License: GPL-2
but it's masked for me 'cause I have a ppc not an intel.
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