"MacBook Pros come with some very nice hardware, but some people want
more. Some people want Linux.
Whether you’d like a more open and customizable operating system or
simply need to dual-boot in order to access certain software, you
might want Linux on your MacBook. The thing is, MacBook Pros are also
pretty closed-down pieces of hardware that make installing other
operating systems difficult – Linux more so than Windows. Boot Camp
won’t help you with Linux, even though it doesn’t mean it’s
impossible. Here’s how to do it."
-- source: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Once again, after the Red Flag Linux effort that petered out this
year, China is considering Linux to sort out its pressing Windows XP
issue. The Windows 8 ban by China's government procurement agency and
promises of official support may help."
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/05/27/1916202
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Bunnie Huang is both a hardware and software hacker, but that's
greatly understating the case: renaissance man is more like it. Bunnie
doesn't just tinker with one-off system modifications or console mods
(though he's done that, too) -- he creates and repurposes at scale.
(He's also an author, respected researcher with interesting thoughts
on a wide range of topics, like how to think of the H1N1 flu from the
point of view of a security researcher.) Bunnie's latest long-term
project has been mentioned a few times on Slashdot: It's an
open-source laptop computer that goes much farther than some other
open-source hardware projects, and as a bonus includes an FPGA as well
as a conventional -- but unusual -- processor. (Bunnie grants that
there are still bits that aren't quite open source, but points out
that we also don't have the software that runs the fabs; there's a
point of diminishing returns.) A crowd funding campaign (via
CrowdSupply) was successful enough to also fund several stretch goals,
including a general purpose breakout board. I talked with Bunnie at
the recent Bay Area Maker Faire. (Expect more from that show in coming
weeks.) He walked us through the state of the hardware, and talked
about some of the design decisions that go into making a computer that
is of, by, and for hackers. (Alternate video link)"
-- source: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/05/28/209231
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
Another alternative is Reactos.
In fact I am surprised that more commercial money has not been put into
developing this as an alternative to xp.
The amount of waste that has been generated in just my own work place is
scary .. with disposal of quite functional hardware purely because it wont
run xp successors ..
Most of it will run linux distros quite happily with most of the appearant
functionality of windows 7 or 8
--
Stephen
"It might sound daunting, but kernel hacking isn't a mysterious black
art reserved for the geekiest of programmers. With a bit of background
knowledge, anyone with a grounding in C can implement a new kernel
module and understand how the kernel works internally. Linux Voice
explains how to write a module that creates a new device node,
/dev/reverse, that reverses a string when it's written to it. Sure,
it's not the most practical example in the world, but it's a good
starting point for your own projects, and gives you an insight into
how it all fits together."
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/05/27/206217
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
Hi everyone
There is a WLUG meeting tomorrow:
"William McKee is demoing the Godot Game Engine, released under the
MIT license. Similar to Unity3D in features, it provides tools to
quickly create games under Linux, Mac OSX and Windows."
http://www.meetup.com/WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup/events/165977142/
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Jono Bacon, who has been Ubuntu Community Manager for Canonical for
nearly eight years is moving on to join the XPRIZE Foundation (known
for incentivizing solving major issues, such as the Google Lunar and
Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZES) to be Senior Director of Community."
-- source: http://news-beta.slashdot.org/story/14/05/21/133243
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
"Wayland 1.5 has been released, along with Weston Compositor 1.5.
Wayland/Weston 1.5 carry many new user features, with a new libinput
back-end, XWayland support, a full-screen shell, and many other
changes. This release is particularly important as Fedora 21 will run
on GNOME Wayland and X.Org Server 1.16 will be released this summer
with integrated XWayland support."
-- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/21/0136212
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
