Where can I download linux for mac and how?

Question

Where can I download linux for mac and how?

Answer 1

Intel mac? pretty much any ol' Linux will do, match your 64 bit or 32 bit but that's the only catch..

If you have a power pC chip like g4 or g5. Debian PowerPC...

http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/

Answer 2

Ubuntu 9.10 Download (ported for MACS)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.10/release/



Dual-Boot Mac OSX and Ubuntu

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation#Dual-Boot:%20Mac%20OSX%20and%20Ubuntu



Installing Software on Ubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware



Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) User Guide

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Karmic





LUg.

Answer 3

Which Linux and which Mac? I would generally tend to install Linux on a PowerPC mac as GNU/Darwin makes Open Source tools available for more recent macs and you can get a nice X-Windows desktop without a whole new Operating system. I use slackware most of the time, which never supported the PowerPC and I'm not aware has specific Mac Support, but everyone else has and does. Here is Ubuntu's documentation:



https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook



Here is a pretty good page about installing Fedora:



http://www.alphatek.info/2009/07/22/natively-run-fedora-11-on-an-intel-mac/



Slackware assumes you will take responsibility for your own maintenance:



http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/installing-slackware-and-mac-os-x-on-a-new-apple-laptop-690751/



I have my distro preferences but I like to remember that I am as opinionated and bull-headed as the next idiot. I therefore try to keep my answers as OS neutral as I can. Just remember, people have tried to install Linux on everything (warning, Satire):



http://strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml



and they have written about it. You just choose your distribution and search for a tutorial about installing it on the Mac. I am SURE you will find it, with links to the exact iso file you want.

Answer 4

Download the ISO file, use Apple's Disk Utility to burn it to a start-up DVD.

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-ppc (for Mac's with a PowerPC processor i.e. G3, G4, G5).

(http://fedoraproject.org - for other processors.)