On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 13:07 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: > I'm still struggling to install Ubuntu 12.04, which is supposed to be > supported for 5 years.
I have a MBP 5,2, and am hesitating to even attempt the 12.04 installation for the same reason. But I have recently gotten a new imac for our home office, and installed Parallels on it. You may already be familiar with Parallels-- it is probably the most widely used software these days for running operating systems virtually in OSX. I am using both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 virtually on OSX, via Parallels. It works great, and offers tremendous advantages. Just imagine: all the benefits of three OS's (OSX, Win 7, Ubuntu 12.04) at the same time with no rebooting! (I should emphasize here that I am a long-time Ubuntu user, and of the three OS's, for many reasons prefer Ubuntu. But there are still today some tasks that are best addressed in Win, for example relational databases in MS Access-- still no comparison anywhere else. I am waiting and very much looking forward to the day when good relational DB software is available in Ubuntu :-) ) So this is just one option for you. If you install Parallels on OSX, then 12.04 will install in Parallels without any issue at all. You'll have your 12.04 installed and running in 20 minutes. Swarup -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
