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| DATE | 2013-09-09 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] linux on macs
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On 09/09/2013 09:16 PM, Elfen Magix wrote:
> Much easier to set up Boot Camp and set up partitions for Linux as one would for Windows through bootcamp and just install the damn thing in place!
>
> Once can set up a window under Mac OS (under Virtual or Parallel) and run Linux that way but who wants to run an OS in a window under another OS through a window under another OS through a window under another OS through a window under another OS through a window... you guys get the point. If I want to run an OS, its because there is something on that OS I can use directly, not through emulation or in a window.
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beyond me. Chana does that, though.
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> ________________________________
> From: Ruben Safir
> To: NYLXS
> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 8:59 AM
> Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] linux on macs
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> not what I would do but...
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> http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/06/running-linux-on-your-mac-2013-edition/
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> Back about this time of year in 2009, I wrote a post that's remained a
> venerable favorite. Entitled "How to set up Ubuntu Linux on a Mac --
> It's Easy and Free," the post described in full detail how those
> interested in learning more about one specific Linux distro could
> install Ubuntu in a virtual machine on their device. This post is an
> update to the original, with all-new instructions but still using the
> same framework -- Oracle VM VirtualBox, which is an open source
> virtualization environment, and Ubuntu Linux.
>
> Why would you want to run Linux on your Mac, which features a Unix-based
> operating system in itself? Well, you may need to run Linux applications
> for your job as a system admin, or perhaps there's some specific app
> that some kind soul has written to run on a variety of Linux
> distributions but hasn't been ported to OS X yet. Whatever the reason,
> it's easy to do and you can put it on your resum?.
>
> Step 1: Download VirtualBox
>
> The first thing to do is get the Virtual Machine environment installed.
> Rather than use either VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop, we're using
> the free Oracle VM VirtualBox. Download VirtualBox 4.2.16 for OS X Hosts
> here, and save it to a convenient spot on your Mac.
>
> Step 2: Install VirtualBox
>
> At this point you have a file with a name like
> "VirtualBox-4.2.16-86992-OSX.dmg" either in the Downloads folder or on
> the desktop. Double-click it to mount the installer image and this
> Finder window appears:
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