Or go to windows hyper-v manager, and click install Ubuntu image.
And you’re done!
(Ok, expanding the memory to a decent size is a little more work)
Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
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Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#12I used MacBooks with Linux starting in 2006 till the end of last year. That's when I finally gave up. I really love the hardware Apple produces, but we're at a point where I believe it's not feasible anymore to use Linux on MacBooks. For the MacBook Pros 2016 and up I put significant effort into trying to get mainline Linux running as smoothly as possible by documenting and coordinating the efforts to have drivers fo…
> Most of these problems could be easily solved if Apple would simply make documentation for their hardware available.
Not the wifi one. The problem there is that the firmware itself is broken in the paths that linux implements the wifi stack. (fullmac) Mac is not affected, but practically the firmware is still broken. It's also a known/won't-fix case, so the documentation itself won't help.
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#13I used MacBooks with Linux starting in 2006 till the end of last year. That's when I finally gave up. I really love the hardware Apple produces, but we're at a point where I believe it's not feasible anymore to use Linux on MacBooks. For the MacBook Pros 2016 and up I put significant effort into trying to get mainline Linux running as smoothly as possible by documenting and coordinating the efforts to have drivers fo…
Do the latest Macs still support running Windows via Boot Camp?
What would you recommend if I need to run both Linux and Windows alongside MacOS? Virtualisation? Or would I be better off using more than one machine?
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#14Or go to windows hyper-v manager, and click install Ubuntu image. And you’re done! (Ok, expanding the memory to a decent size is a little more work)
If you're ok with virtualized Ubuntu rather than native, it's just as easy to install on the Mac: https://multipass.run/
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#15Buy a XPS-13 developer edition.
Honest question: Having Linux on a Mac a decade ago had sense has Mac hardwares were special enough to provide value, but now you have XPS-like hardware, why would people buy a Mac to install a Linux on it? Dual boot? What does Mac hardware have that others don't?
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#16I used MacBooks with Linux starting in 2006 till the end of last year. That's when I finally gave up. I really love the hardware Apple produces, but we're at a point where I believe it's not feasible anymore to use Linux on MacBooks. For the MacBook Pros 2016 and up I put significant effort into trying to get mainline Linux running as smoothly as possible by documenting and coordinating the efforts to have drivers fo…
Do the latest Macs still support running Windows via Boot Camp? What would you recommend if I need to run both Linux and Windows alongside MacOS? Virtualisation? Or would I be better off using more than one machine?
Virtualbox is very good IMHO. Vmware also has a similar product.
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#17Buy a XPS-13 developer edition.
Honest question: Having Linux on a Mac a decade ago had sense has Mac hardwares were special enough to provide value, but now you have XPS-like hardware, why would people buy a Mac to install a Linux on it? Dual boot? What does Mac hardware have that others don't?
They used to have a shiny Apple logo on the lid, but now they have only black logo. Still, you won't find one on non-mac hardware.
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do the latest Macs still support running Windows via Boot Camp? What would you recommend if I need to run both Linux and Windows alongside MacOS? Virtualisation? Or would I be better off using more than one machine?
Virtualbox is very good IMHO. Vmware also has a similar product.
Just a warning: Virtualbox with hard drive files on an external USB hard disk has been broken for me on Catalina on my both of my Mac Minis (late 2012, 2018) and iMacs (late 2012, mid 2017).
That particular functionality worked fine on Mojave.
It works fine as long as I keep my VDI files on my system drive, but that can be a pain since they're so large.
Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#19I used MacBooks with Linux starting in 2006 till the end of last year. That's when I finally gave up. I really love the hardware Apple produces, but we're at a point where I believe it's not feasible anymore to use Linux on MacBooks. For the MacBook Pros 2016 and up I put significant effort into trying to get mainline Linux running as smoothly as possible by documenting and coordinating the efforts to have drivers fo…
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Re: Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on MacBookPro14,1
#20I used MacBooks with Linux starting in 2006 till the end of last year. That's when I finally gave up. I really love the hardware Apple produces, but we're at a point where I believe it's not feasible anymore to use Linux on MacBooks. For the MacBook Pros 2016 and up I put significant effort into trying to get mainline Linux running as smoothly as possible by documenting and coordinating the efforts to have drivers fo…
Do the latest Macs still support running Windows via Boot Camp? What would you recommend if I need to run both Linux and Windows alongside MacOS? Virtualisation? Or would I be better off using more than one machine?
...I mean no offence with this, but I believe it's rather easy to look up the status of a literally official Apple product/project like Boot Camp?