Comments on: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Experience on a Macbook 2,1

By: Shey

Shey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:08:52 +0000

OH! Install the Hardy CD, then do an online upgrade. Easiest way to fix the flashing folder problem.

By: Shey

Shey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:07:59 +0000

I have to say after working with the Hardy/Heron image, Intrepid is a HUGE upgrade. Most of the stuff worked out of the box as documented above. I have read from the Ubuntu Community that Intrepid contains bugs in the install which cause it to fail on boot after an install, I do not know if this has been fixed yet.

Mouse tapping can be fixed properly, 2 finger being copy/paste, three fingers being right click. Follow the documentation found on the MacBook Wiki part of Ubuntu. Search google for macbook ubuntu wiki for your Distro flavor as well.

By: bruce

bruce — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:18:49 +0000

i have a macbook 2,1 but no osx cd….how do i get it to load other than using the live cd for the 8.10 ubuntu? i did a full install (i hate osx) but i now keep gettin the flashing folder……is there a way to do this other than using the osx disk?

By: openSUSE Single-Boot on MacBook (4.1 Penryn) - openSUSE Forums

openSUSE Single-Boot on MacBook (4.1 Penryn) - openSUSE Forums — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:59:34 +0000

[...] as a single-boot system, like it is discribed for ubuntu (i also tried this with ArchLinux) here: Click Me for HowTo. But i just wanted to ask, if there is someone using openSUSE on the same MacBook as i want to and [...]

By: lijamez

lijamez — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:23:26 +0000

@AlesFlowers

I’m using the 32 bit version.

By: AlesFlowers

AlesFlowers — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:35:53 +0000

Hi Lijamez!!
Are you using 64 or 32 bit version of intrepid?? Because I’m using 64bit. Last week installed linuxMint Felicia (32bit) and the fix for the HD didn’t work. Just to let you know. I’ll be back to ubuntu 64bit for the safety of my harddrive. see you

By: lijamez

lijamez — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:09:29 +0000

@Ed

I believe all Macbook 2,1 have the Atheros wireless chipset.

By: Ed.

Ed. — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:14:30 +0000

I also have a 2,1 macbook, but I dunno which wireless chipset I have.
System profiler lists it as airport extreme…
Is it supported?

Sorry I’m a newbie at these things… haha

By: Macbook pro 3,1 — Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 — Les petites astuces. « Olivier Lemaire’s Blog - Tribulations d’un ingénieur

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:41:31 +0000

[...] apt-get install gsynaptics Réference : [1], [...]

By: MacBook (4.1), Grub, openSUSE 11 - openSUSE Forums

MacBook (4.1), Grub, openSUSE 11 - openSUSE Forums — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:03:42 +0000

[...] MacBook (4.1), Grub, openSUSE 11 Hi everyone! has anybody got idiot safe tutorial howto install openSUSE 11 (mainly Grub) on a MacBook (4.1) as Single Boot System? I would like to use it in Combination with refit (compare to this Ubuntu tutorial: Click Me! [...]