The free and open-source computer operating system, similar to but independent from the Unix operating system
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What is the simplest way to dual-boot linux?
I am looking for the most straightforward way (both in initial setup and in maintenance) to set up a second partition on an OS X machine for (either) Debian or Ubuntu. I won't be running any other ...
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Macbook Air not waking up from Suspend/Sleep with rEFInd boot manager installed
Having installed both rEFInd 0.6.10 (updated to 0.6.11) via its install.sh and Ubuntu 13.04 on another partition I can now choose on a MacBook Air to boot either MacOS or Linux.
When running MacOS ...
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Mac Mini with Linux
I have a Mac Mini (6,1) without an optical drive and I would like to put Debian testing on it instead of OS X. I cannot find a complete and concise guide to doing this on the mac's without the optical ...
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Can I “restore” an iso image to my hdd to be bootable?
I removed my superdrive a while back but now I want to install a linux partition on my macbook. I installed rEFInd as my boot manager but now I need to boot into the arch linux iso. Normally I would ...
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Can't install an OS on 2008 Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
I've got a MacBook Pro from 2008 with an Intel Core 2 Duo. I installed Ubuntu 10.10, then installed Debian 7 Testing. Debian 7 was fine, but for some reason the red and blue were swapped (green was ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Mountain Lion
I'm working on a MacBook late 2008 Unibody Aluminium with Mountain Lion on.
I'm trying to mount Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit on a USB stick in Mountain Lion but it seems impossible.
I've read all the ...
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Can't ping a linux server with MacOSX. Software related
I'm having an huge problem with my Mac, from months.
I have at home a linux server, a CuBox. It's running Archlinux, running fine. Everything works.
But the Mac can't ping the CuBox.
I will paste ...
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Missing backups from Time Machine
A have a MacBook running Mountain Lion that backups up to a Linux machine over afp (netatalk) using Time Machine.
In Time Machine preferences I can see that the Oldest backup was on 5th March 2012 ...
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Is it possible to launch a Linux application running under Parallels from OS X?
I am looking for a way to launch an individual application (e.g. Firefox) on my Ubuntu installation which is running under Parallels. I am open to any method of launching such as a shortcut (like how ...
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Is there a virtualization program that will let me run a Linux vm and use a whole disk in a supported way?
I'd like to run a linux VM that let's me treat a disk exactly the same way a real Linux installation would - i.e.: I want to use it to prep disks that will then be transferred to and used on Linux ...
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Can I remotely access my Mac from Linux using screen sharing?
I like to access my Mac from work (Linux) and I wonder if it is possible without installing additional software like TeamViewer or ChickenVNC. I also noticed somewhere that it is possible to wake my ...
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Force umount of stale NFS shares
Whenever my NFSv4 server becomes unreachable a little window pops up offering me to disconnect the affected shares.
It looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/ThuhnCG.png
If I choose to Ignore iTunes ...
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Install Linux Mint on a dual-drive MacBook Pro with Windows and OS X
I have a Macbook Pro 13 mid-2012. It was shipped with a 500GB HDD, to which I added an additional SSD drive (128GB).
After installing my SSD in a caddy, thus replacing the optical drive, I installed a ...
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Dual Booting a Macbook Pro (OSX) with Ubuntu 12.10
I have been trying to dual boot my mid-2012 Macbook Pro running OSX Mountain Lion with Ubuntu 12.10 with a disk and a USB, and none of them are working. I have used disk utility to partition my hard ...
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How do I install Linux on a late 2012 mac mini?
I installed a 2nd hard drive in my late 2012 mac mini. This hard disk had Mint Linux - 12 on it (Installed when it was in a different computer). Pressing the Option showed me two additional hard disks ...
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How to remove caps lock delay on Apple MacBook Pro aluminum keyboard
Apple's MacBook Pro has a slight delay on the caps lock key.
That is, the caps lock key has to be held down slightly longer
than normal to register the key press required to engage the caps ...
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Is there a Mac OS X equivalent of the Linux iwconfig command?
I'm looking for a command line tool in Mac OS X that performs the equivalent of the iwconfig command in Linux.
Example:
kirkland@x220:~/src/byobu/byobu$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ...
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directory structure between mac osx and linux
I found that there are some differents between Max osx and linux jsut like ubuntu, etc. is there any introduction about that, or is there any one can make a introduction.
for example:
ubuntu: ...
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Boot Late 2010 MacBook Air from SD Card
I have a late 2010 MacBook Air (13 inch) and would absolutely love to be able to boot it from my SD Card on which I have Puppy Linux installed. I use Puppy Linux on an old HP Mini 2133 netbook and I'd ...
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Airdrop Alternative for Windows/Mac/Linux?
I am looking for something that does the same thing as Airdrop that would work on Windows/Mac/Linux. Because of hardware it would most likely have to be LAN-based, but I am perfectly fine with that. ...
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Apple powerbook G4 17" Trying to install Linux
I believe followed the directions on how to create a bootable USB drive from the Ubuntu website. My question is how can I get my Powerbook to boot from the USB drive? I tried doing the ...
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why does OSX add extra '._<filename>' when I tar a directory?
I'd just like to know why if I "tar -czf" a file/directory, osx adds a: ._ for each file? I see these when I untar in linux. Or when I work with the uncompressed project in eclipse as it doesn't ...
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2560x1440 resolution in linux vm with virtualbox or vmware
I've got a macbook air (10.8.2) and want to use an external monitor with 2560x1440 resolution with a Linux (Debian) virtual machine. I want to use the vm in fullscreen mode, with 2560x1440 resolution. ...
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rEFIt shows “boot legacy” after removing linux
I just removed my linux partition in disk utility under OSX (bad idea?) and now rather than just showing Mac OS, rEFIt shows Mac OS and 2 others. One is a "legacy OS" and the other is some reference ...
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Calendar that's accessible from Mac OS X and Linux
Does anyone know of any calendar software/approach, so that I can use my calendar from both Mac OS X and from Linux?
I use both Mac OS X and Linux regularly, and I'd like to be able to both view and ...
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Copying ISO file to USB drive in OS X?
I have tried to copy an ISO file to a USB drive. I am unable to do it with Disk Utility. How can I copy the ISO file to a USB drive?
But I get the below. I have enough space in the 16GB USB drive ...
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How to mount ext4 partition on OS X 10.8.2?
I'm new to OS X, I was using Ubuntu till now. All my data are stored on an external drive formated as ext4 system file. Is there any other way to acces this data than installing Virtual Box? I'm ...
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Install knoppix on usb with disk utility?
I have downloaded the linux distro knoppix.
I have snow leopard and i want to make a bootable usb with the above distro with the disk utility.
I put the source to be the iso of the distro and ...
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PS command ouput limited to 80 bytes only [closed]
The output of PS command only returns 80 bytes
args The command with all its arguments as a string. The
implementation may truncate this value to the field
width; it is ...
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Send keyboard clicks FROM bluetooth phone TO Ubuntu
Note:
This questions lies firmly between Ask Different and Ask Ubuntu so I will take solutions from the Apple site here and cross-post for Ubuntu answers on the other site.
Motivation:
I've made a ...
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Unable to mount Ubuntu 12.10 install .iso or .img
I'm following the instructions to create a bootable Ubuntu 12.10 USB stick on OS X found here. I can do step 3 and hdiutil appears to work fine, but when I go to mount the resulting ubuntu.img file I ...
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how to store Time Machine backups on NFS and keep metadata?
There is a Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) desktop, it stores Time Machine backups on a separate partition. Also there is an Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) server with NFS daemon running, it exports a /BACKUP disk. This ...
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How to replace Mac OS X utilities with GNU core utilities?
I found there is some differences between the utility command I used on the mac OSX and linux. I want to make my experience united.
How could I replace all my mac utilities with GNU utilities?
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Triple Boot - MacBook Pro (9,1)
I'm copying my question from AskUbuntu (Part of stack exchange) to here, I think they'd prefer me to go here, since I seem to be getting no activity on my question:
So Ubuntu 12.10 came out today ...
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Installing Wine with Brew
So I try installing wine:
λ ~ → brew install wine
==> Downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wine/Source/wine-1.4.1.tar.bz2
Already downloaded: ...
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How can I right click on a Mac using only the trackpad in a dual-boot environment?
I am absolutely new to Mac OS and can't determine hot to issue a right click on my Mac. If I want a shortcut menu to appear I can ctrl + click to get the same effect or I can use an old mouse that has ...
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Best linux distro to install on Macbook Air 5,2? [closed]
Which is the best linux distro to install on a Macbook Air 2012 dualboot with the native OS?
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Installing Ubuntu Server on my MacBook without a CD
Trying to install Ubuntu server on my MacBook however the CD drive is not working. All the guides I have seen so far use the bootcamp process (same as for windows) to achieve this.
I currently have a ...
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If MacbookPro has BIOS emulation, why the need for ELILO for Linux?
I'm not fully versed in how the EFI booting process happens. If I want to install Linux in a partition formerly used by Windows, why can I not simply use LILO, installing the boot section in the ...
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How can I add an Apple email address to an email client such as Evolution?
I somehow ended up with an Apple email address.
How can I use my '@me.com' email in my email client (Evolution in Debian)?
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Xcode for iPad?
I don't have an Apple computer, only iPad and Debian computer but I still would like to add a feature to iOS app here. Earlier I found out that I can download Xcode, more here, from Apple Store. Now I ...
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Can the web version of iCloud be configured to become the default mailto link handler?
How can I set up iCloud as the default email provider in my browser? I am using Linux and if I click on a mailto link in a web page it goes to my Gmail account. Can this be changed to make it go to my ...
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How to open a port on MacOS X
I previously had Memcache running on my localhost/127.0.0.1 port 11211. Unfortunately, I rebooted my computer and now port 11211 isn't open and I don't know the command to open this port.
Can someone ...
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How to input accented characters to an OS running in a VM?
I have a MacBook Pro with English (US) keyboard layout. I usually hold the right-alt (option) key, and press E to activate the accented vowel insertion (it shows a placeholder where the accented ...
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Can I use Time Machine to backup to a Ubuntu File Server?
I have two Mac book Pros (10.7) at home, and no current back up plan at all. Since I expect the older one to start having problems shortly, I decided I should get my act together and set something up. ...
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How can I use iTunes with Debian?
Wine fired a lot of errors at least with Ubuntu last time -- and also with Debian, below a picture. Is there any way of using iTunes with *ix -systems? Look I have iPad and I am unable to use it ...
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Can I connect to my Linux server using “Go > Connect to Server”?
In Windows I use WinSCP. How can I do this?
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Presence of a Linux partition causes FileVault2 setup to fail
I'm currently dual booting Mountain Lion and Ubuntu 12.04 on a rMBP. Everything works fine, but enabling FileVault fails with the error message: "Some information was unavailable during an internal ...
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CentOS 6.x for CUDA development on a MBP
Here is a short description of my situation - I need a portable machine for CUDA and iOS development, so any of the newer MacBook Pros with NVIDIA GPUs seemed like a no-brainer at first. However, the ...
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Can I install Linux and Windows on a Mac to triple boot the hardware?
I'm quite the newbie at operating systems etc., so forgive me if my question is dumb. Is it possible to install Linux and Windows on a Mac, to run side by side with OS X? I'm about to start a new ...
