New Laptop questions

[jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Jarod Wilson)]

On Jun 19, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:

> On Jun 19, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> Well, you can run Linux on a MacBook Pro too (dual-boot, even). And
>> then your "other OS" is Mac OS X instead of Windows...
>
>
> Yep.  Ubuntu 9.04 runs well on the next to most recent generation  
> (non-
> unibody) MBPs.  Most things work out of the box.  A few such as
> wireless

For those following along at home, its a broadcom 802.11n card, which  
requires their binary driver.


> and trackpad

Also broadcom, but supported in the latest upstream kernels, iirc.


> require manual package installs.  reboot doesn't
> work but that kernel bug isn't unique to Macs.

Didn't know about that one. But presumably fixed in later upstream  
kernels.


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