N On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Scott Garman <sgar...@zenlinux.com> wrote:
> On 07/20/2012 09:10 AM, Scott Garman wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I just got some budget funds from work that I need to spend this >> quarter, and I'd like to get an ultrabook. Thing is, I'm not finding any >> ultrabooks that meet my needs (13", high resolution screen, 8 GB RAM, >> comfortable keyboard) and am beginning to contemplate buying a MacBook >> Air and running Linux natively on it (i.e, wipe OS X completely from it). >> >> I've found this help.ubuntu.com page which suggests that 12.04 works >> well on last year's MB Air: >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/MacBookAir4-2<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir4-2> >> >> However, I'm not finding any information about this year's Intel Ivy >> Bridge version of the laptop. >> >> Can anyone point me to reliable information or personal experience with >> this? >> > > As a follow-up I've successfully installed and am running 12.04 natively > on the MBA. I've written up the process in the Apple Users subforum of > Ubuntu Forums: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=2039799<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2039799> > > There's a fair bit to do post-install, but it pretty straightforward and > is mostly the same as what you'd do on the 2011 MBA. > > Scott > > Nice work. -- *Benjamin Kerensa* *http://benjaminkerensa.com* *"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu*
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