On Saturday 13 January 2007 18:30, Kai Weber wrote: > Hi, Hi,
> > since 3 days I have a new MBP 15" with the 2Ghz C2D. I want to use it as > my primary laptop with Linux (only?) installed. > > Could you please give comments on these issues: > > * I've read, that a small OSX partition is recommended. How much space > needs a minimal OSX installation and how to I install it. I shrinked it down to 6-7 GB. > > * Is there an easy way to try what features already work? It is ok for > my to experiment, but the core features should work. Important features for > me are: > - X.org Works. > - Sound Works. AFAIK > - WLAN Currently not works out of the box. You could use ndiswrapper as workaround. > - Power management (for a long running laptop) On MacBook Pro there are some problems at the moment. A friend of mine just got 1,5h battery life. > > * What works? > > * What does not work? > > * Can I use Parallels to boot my Linux partition out of OSX? (But I prefer > to run Linux natively). > > * Where should I start? Are there any recommended ressources? I would > share my experiences with the community of course. > > * My disitribution of choice is Debian. What is the correct > architecture I should use, AMD64, i386? I'm using AMD64 on my MacBook 1,86 Ghz. Here are some more information http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Status. > > Regards, Kai Regards, -- .""`. Marvin Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :" : Homepage: www.der-marv.de `. `"` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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