Got Linux to boot! 1537

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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:42:18 -0700,

It works fine with the tools I have, and with the tools you can install via fink. Would it be better if it worked with Apple's builtins? yes, but before you can buttign "blame" you have to know what the cause of the problem is. Maybe Apple is pulling a redmond and crippled them deliberately (unlikely, but a possibility) I have seen many messages discussing the failure of Apple's tools to perform this task, but none that show what the actual problem is caused by.

yeah, it saved me from having to either drag in a laptop, or use tool downloads, and more involvement with that OS than I like to have.)

Agreed, it should at least be an option. For those who aren't limited to a one button hand :)

I'll probably play with it later. I am starting to like it for mail, although Mutt is still my fav there. More polished functionality than anything else I have encountered (mutt that is)

I think it's more to do with the LiveCD maybe. I am using Hoary here, and don't have the problem, but this is x86, and installed to HD, so there are some significant differences, especially in the way x86 handles the clock.

I think that has been true in the past, and is still, with many distros. But there are many distros that don't require, or even encourage, such tinkering. That come set up from the gitgo. Ubuntu being one of them. Now, like most, you *can* tinker, but it's not required.

You can remove either or both. (not much point to GNOME if you remove both, but the option's there. ) The top menu bar reminds me somewhat of the old finder, but I didn't use MacOS much when I had one, mostly Beos and Linux :)

There are a couple of *BSD liveCDs, but they pale in comparison to the Knoppix and other ones available for Linux, their hw detection is far less effective, they are geared even more than most Linux distro's to the "hard core" *Nix folks. I think there's an example XP liveCD, but again, it lacks much in the way of HW support, and can't be distributed so it's hard to test.

well, you *can*, but it's not very helpful :)

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