Tag Archives: macbook

Back to Archlinux

After a short period with Slackware, I took the decision to switch to Archlinux again. I’m using it since one month and I’m very happy about the stability it finally reached. I encountered no freezes using it on my macbook (take a look on their interesting wiki page for info). I hope that this will

Fedora 10, thank you very much! (macbook review and fixes)

I’ve never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I’ve always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system. The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old

Testing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) beta on a Macbook (updated!)

It’s a very long time since I abandoned Ubuntu, 1 year and 9 months being precise, although I continued to use Ubuntu derived distros. I decided today to give Ubuntu 8.10 beta a try. Obviously, every time I decide to try a Gnu/Linux distribution it happens that a new release comes out: I downloaded Alpha

Installare OpenGEU su Macbook

Ho appena pubblicato sul Wiki italiano di OpenGeu una guida su come installare OpenGEU su un Macbook. Estratto dall’introduzione: Questa guida vi aiuterà ad installare OpenGEU e qualsiasi altra distribuzione basata su Ubuntu sul vostro Macbook / Macbook Pro. La stessa Ubuntu è installabile seguendo questa guida. L’how-to è mirato a come partizionare l’hard disk

How to install OpenGEU on Macbook

Introduction This guide will help you to install OpenGEU and every other Ubuntu based linux distribution on your Macbook (either “normal” or pro). Even Ubuntu will work with this how-to. The tutorial is aimed on how to succesfully partition the hard disk and to correctly boot the distribution. For a better post-install configuration I suggest

EHLO Gnu/Linux, I’m back!

After about 5 months of separation from my preferred operating system, the discontent brought by Mac Os X led me to a re-born love with Gnu/Linux. I Installed Gentoo (~x86, not x86) on my MacBook, following some articles found on the Gentoo wiki and on Ubuntu wiki. The result is the following: Clean Desktop Some