Thanks, Scott. I look forward to reading your write-up. I'm looking at picking up a new laptop later this year, and am currently torn between lenovo and a macbook. I'm sure your writeup will come in handy to many folks looking at running ubuntu on the newer hardware.
- nathan Benjamin Kerensa <bkere...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >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* > >-- >Ubuntu-us-or mailing list >Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or
