Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root

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Post by pmlnr » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 11:39 AM UTC

Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root
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Re: Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root

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Post by omginternets » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 11:51 AM UTC

I'm getting closer and closer to installing Ubuntu (or similar) on my Mac.

Has anybody tried dual-booting on a macbook pro, or similar? How does it compare to doing so on a non-Mac laptop?

Re: Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root

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Post by thomasrossi » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 11:53 AM UTC

well, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38371/ OS is getting popular, i.e. it is a decent target

Re: Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root

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Post by venomsnake » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 11:56 AM UTC

omginternets wrote: post #2

I'm getting closer and closer to installing Ubuntu (or similar) on my Mac. Has anybody tried dual-booting on a macbook pro, or similar? How does it compare to doing so on a non-Mac laptop?

With the macs (Early 2015) that have SPI Keyboard and trackpad and NVME hdd sucks.

Linux as of now (4.3rc4) doesn't support them at all.

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/507933-openSUSE-o...

Re: Sorry, Unix fans: OS X El Capitan kills root

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Post by shiplet » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 6:17 PM UTC

omginternets wrote: post #2

I'm getting closer and closer to installing Ubuntu (or similar) on my Mac. Has anybody tried dual-booting on a macbook pro, or similar? How does it compare to doing so on a non-Mac laptop?

I've currently got rEFInd dual-booting Yosemite and Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro 11,3 (15", mid-2014, 2.5GHz) - and it works just fine. It took some tweaking - the Linux distro didn't come with Wifi support right away, and it took some searching to figure out the problem (you'll have to install the Broadcom drivers manually from the Linux boot drive). But after that got worked out, it's become a pleasure to work with.

The most frustrating bit was actually getting it to output at a native 2560x1080 resolution for my LG Ultrawide. But, again, there's a driver for it. The only reason I haven't switched to it full-time is I haven't had the time/luxury of incorporating it into my current workflow. Too many deadlines. But I plan to, and until then I'll just keep using Yosemite.