How to install Linux on a Mac

[mrwashur1991]

I dont understand why you would spend a ridiculous amount of money on a mac to put linux on it...just build your own computer thats way faster and put it on...just sounds pretty dumb to me..

[666abesanchez]

HOW DO YOU DO THIS WITH A USB???

[soho2014]

is it possible to run Ubuntu 11.1 dual boot with Mac OSX without grub, just with rEFIT?

[arKiteX3]

@soho2014 I don't think it is. GRUB is an essential part of the Linux booting process -- you can replace it with a different bootloader, but I don't think you can just remove it. However, you should be able to have it automatically assume you want to boot into Linux, which is about as close as you can get.

[soho2014]

@arKiteX3 I ended up just virtualizing Ubuntu on the mac, and it works fantastic.

[sensitivebeat]

what this should be renamed is how to make your Mac somewhat useful

[mrwashur1991]

@sensitivebeat macs are very useful just like any other computer...you just have to know what youre doing...my mac has made me plenty of money along with my cameras.

[HomeInventors]

What happens if you hit install Ubuntu instead of try?

[PowerSpartanl99]

DON'T INSTALL WINDOWS IT WILL FUCK UP YOUR MAC

[r107m4k3r]

Whatcha wanna do?

[ebaychatter0]

i wonder why someone wants linux on a mac; os x is a sort of unix by itself

[PowerSpartanl99]

@ebaychatter0 Because Linux is overall better than Mac OS X (however i prefer to use a Mac).

[walter0bz]

@ebaychatter0 ... to get Expose and Spaces back after the abomination that is mission control

[TheDeviceDoctors]

How compatible is the hardware with linux? Are you getting the NIC an everything working properly?

[cndvytb]

thanks ;)

[naveed80]

How many times did he say whatchu wanna do?

[berrypnuch]

rEFIt doesn't show my Ubuntu live DVD. I have no option to boot from any DVD other than a Windows one.

[iappsdev]

Doesn't work they way you show

[A135S4656]

So you first have to install rEEfit, then make a regular partition, then install Linux like normal, and you can just use rEEfit as the first boot loader?

I'm thinking about tri-booting Windows 8, Lion and Linux Mint but I wanna make sure I won't break my MacBook. So if I delete the linux partition and then get rid of rEEfit it's back to normal right?

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@A135S4656 Right. Mac OS will always be the primary so if anything is corrupt you can just delete the linux/win partiton.Im tri-booted now with Lion, Win7 ultimate and Ubuntu 11. Refit will over ride the stock efi

[Justinba1010]

@A135S4656 PowerBook FTW. Intel Macs suck, sorry man, they were ahead of the time, and Apple went cheap and saved 14.2 million by moving to Intel. Those bastards.

[mrwashur1991]

@Justinba1010 so my macbook pro with the 540m, that would eat you powerbook for breakfast, sucks because its intel? get real...your behind the time bro...cant do much with a powerbook...make a good htpc...not to mention now that they went intel you can easily make your own hac pro for a fraction of the cost of a mac pro..

[Justinba1010]

@mrwashur1991 Are you retarded? I mean read the fucking comment, you shit head. I mean you write as much as I did, but you read my first sentence? Really?

[an65001]

Use a PC to run Linux, that's what it was meant for...

[LongJohnOlsen]

@an65001 mac is a pc.. what he does is in fact very very reasonable, and would be the only sane reason for me to buy an overpriced pc.. The reason for this is very simple, you don't have to work across 3 different laptops for making cross platform work, making your computer payload 3 times lighter having all three platforms in one computer

[an65001]

@LongJohnOlsen I know a Mac is a PC. But the Mac is an overpriced PC.

[LongJohnOlsen]

@an65001 indeed

[GanjaaaSmoker]

I don't want it to install in english. What should i do? :D

[ForeverWiked]

"the linux website"

"ubuntu"

the linux website is kernel dot org.

Also booting windows seems to defeat the entire purpose of running Unix like OSs

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@martincoxxx cause youre gay

[henrymiss242331]

hi nice video i just got a macbook pro 3 months ago I'm trying to install bootcamp (win7) i download it and every time i try to install it says drivers not found...would you help me pliz

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@henrymiss242331 Thanks! where is it saying that? in windows setup? Are you using a bootable win 7 cd or image?

[fingerboardgimps]

why u need windows booted first? :( hate windows

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@fingerboardgimps because it uses windows partiton to convert the required linux partition. You cant partiton a mac osx ext journeled partiton to a linux partiton

[Th33M33]

hey wait! so u should have a windows installed to boot in to the ubuntu disk??! and that theme looks amazing where can i get? THANKS

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@Th33M33 thanks. once you partiton and install linux on the windows side, refit will allow you to have 3 choices of OS's to boot from. windows is just a bypass to access the partiton needed to install Linux

[Th33M33]

I wouldnt install linux on hard alone. i do have it on a VM thou. But thanks now i know reFit :)

[jpcwa74]

Why install linux on your mac?

[sjjdiienno1]

@jpcwa74 some people prefer linux (like myself) everything for it is free. Its windows compatible so you can do everything youd normally do with your computer. And you can customize virtually everything about it.

[jpcwa74]

@sjjdiienno1 might as well get a pc then.

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@jpcwa74 because , In some IT fields like mine, we use linux for a variety of network troubleshooting and such

[ArizonaAndFunnyTimes]

the least version is 0.14

[YugiMuto100]

child in background

[charlycute123]

i need that backgrond plz tell me wat it is!!

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@charlycute123 just google Wall E OSX wallapaper =)

[JamerTheProgrammer]

Ignore my last stupid question >.<

Could any one help me?

I installed Reefit, no problems.

I have a DVD of linux that works (tried it on another system) but when I put my disk in and reboot my Mac, it does not show up the linux DVD at all. Just my Windows partition and my OSX partition.

[Athenian1986]

Please I need help!!!...

I have a macbook pro 2011, and I have to install ubuntu 11.04, but I can't do it...

I do some steps...but when the the disk is loading (before appearing the window of try or install) appear a black window which says that the live version cannot be found!!!...please Help me...

[pratiksrc]

@Athenian1986 did u pass the refit step....??

[Penri02]

Very new to Linux and to the rEFIt world and everything but just a quick questions....can I install Linux to a USB? just a thought.

[SushiiSashimii]

oh great! finally a good tutorial on installing linux on my mac!

2:17 fuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

[Hibba42]

@Prolui As long as you leave a reasonable amount of space for Mac OS X on your disc, it shouldn't really slow you down. As for comparing to Parallels, doing the rEFIt method should be faster because you're running Linux natively, not in a virtual machine. BootCamp is needed to use rEFIt, IIRC, so I can't really compare the two; it's more of a case where BootCamp makes the partition and rEFIt lets you boot into it. Hope this helps :-)

[c0l3a5h3r]

@Prolui refit, bootcamp, and parallels are three entirely different programs. its like comparing apples to pears. you cant compare them.

[ichris87]

OSX or Linux?

[jmans25]

WTF was happening in the background lol!

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@jmans25 i have children

[ElectricAmoeba7]

@TheAppleJunkies101

nice one... thanks!!

never mind the other loser.....

[MacGenieWebsite]

where did you download the cpu and memory usage graphs int the statusbar?

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@MacGenieWebsite i got them from 'iStat Menus" Its used to be free but now you have to pay for it.

[MacGenieWebsite]

@TheAppleJunkies101 dang...

[RandomXUsr]

LMFAO@ 51 seconds - "Go to the Google Butthead"

HAHAHA

[Shuffily]

I followed until about 2:20 : "I forgot to mention you do need to have Bootcamp with Windows installed."

Damn.

[ZetaSimsoy]

Do you have to have windows already installed with bootcamp or is there another way to install a Linux OS on a mac with out that. Can you just put in the CD and boot off CD and install on a partition or make a new partition during install like in windows?

[vaibzzz123]

@ZetaSimsoy no, the guy said it wrong, you just need bootcamp, refit or whatever it was called, and the cd/dvd. boot up cd by holding down "c" on startup, wait for it to load no delete the ntfs partition and create new one as ext4 (mount point "/"), install bootloader on /dev/sda2 or whatever the partition is and then just install. hope it helped =)

[MacHelper44]

hey could i have the wallpaper plz

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@MacHelper44 just google Wall E Mac OSX wallpaper

[Scribbletechelp]

OMG! u sond like someone of friends =) lol

[Scribbletechelp]

can u send me that background pleese?

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@Scribbletechelp I forgot where I got it. Ive re-done my mac since then. Let me see if I can find it again. If I do I'll send it to you. =)

[Scribbletechelp]

@TheAppleJunkies101 ok, thanks =)

[EmoticonMayhem]

Why are their big gaps in your dock?

[druggedupmodel]

Just a little note: "the Linux website" is not Ubuntu. Ubuntu is just one of the many distros. The linux site is just for the linux kernel itself.

[TheAppleJunkies101]

@druggedupmodel LOL yes yes I know what ubuntu is and all the distributions of linux. Sorry if I made it sound anything different =)

[druggedupmodel]

@TheAppleJunkies101 sorry for the complaint... it just bothered me for some reason lol

[ThePhazonMonkey]

Good vid, but a bit of constructive criticism: try to prepare the vid so you mention the facts in an orderly and pertinently fashion, I got confused a couple of times. Still, two thumbs up! :)

[ElevenOfSpades]

@3:00 - DO NOT ERASE AND BACKUP YOUR DISK IF THIS DOES NOT WORK. Put your Installation disk in the superdrive and press "C" during the startup tone. Launch repair disk from the utilities dropdown and repair the HDD.

[platonist21]

I am soon getting a MacBook pro. Can in use bootcamp to run Mac os x and ubuntu on it

[baileypetta]

dude mine at the ends keeps saying that the verifying failed

[moomax22]

just reinstall OS X? Oh ya no biggy lose all my stuff??

[andrewmoen12336]

thank you so much this helped me a ton on what to do in the formating space secxtion i couldnt find what to do any where!!!

[geovanni05]

where did you get your wallpaper?

[SteveStimbler]

nice desktop were u get it?

[obito94]

Can you still do this now with a macbook pro? I'm just curious because things update, procedures change, and I would like to do this but I don't want to mess anything up.

[rijnder333]

Good vid! You really helped me out! I'll subscribe to your channel if you post/e mail a  link to your wallpaper.

Thanks.

[Deliciousfruit233]

You don't need a Bootcamp partition before you install Linux. Just allocate part of your drive as Free Space. And when you are installing Linux from the cd, just choose Use Free Space.

[foxofinfinety]

@Deliciousfruit233 it's better to use bootcamp, else the virual-bios will not be enabeled and there is a chance that linux will not be able to use the processor cooling fan, linux does not have full support for EFI, which macs do use.

[adammar5hall]

@Deliciousfruit233

Honestly, it's a better idea to pre-designate a contiguous area of your hard drive. It will work the way you say it, but you may get disk write errors or just a generally slow, fragmented disk.

--My suggestion:

1. Defrag Disk

2. Shrink the volume

3. Create a new partition from the newly-reduced volume

4. Using the linux install program, (like WUBI etc) write to that sector.

[cubesolverpro900]

can you partition your disk wit bootcamp assistsnt? plese respond i rilly want to do this!!!!!!!

[Justin10473]

..Where can I get that background..? o_o

[HundredMillionViews]

so, should i re-install os x if disk utility cant access the 'disk management tool'?

[TheAppleJunkies101]

LOL Thanks! You should get one. Its the best

[minisk83r2]

cool! i dont have a mac but i wish i did