The free and open-source computer operating system, similar to but independent from the Unix operating system
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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iPad/iPhone AnyConnect VPN wrong MTU size
I try to connect with a iPad (iOS 5.1) and the AnyConnect app to connect to a OpenVPN server on a Debian server. But this warning always appears in the OpenVPN log:
WARNING: Bad encapsulated ...
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Access Lion SMB shares from Linux
I have this fantastic new Lion server that I've gotten all setup with my user accounts, files, etc. File sharing is up and running, everything. Except for one problem: the users running Linux (we use ...
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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'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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Replacing OS X with Linux or Unix, and making the switch to Tiling Window Managers
I have a Macbook Pro 8,2 and really want to make the switch to something a little less stubborn and a little more flexible than the proprietary Mac OS X. I am a bit frustrated with MacPorts lately and ...
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Why is the connection to my NAS really slow/unstable via local network IP but not via dyndns-IP?
I'm having a problem to connect my Macbook Air to my NAS. The NAS has Debian installed and can be reached by any other computer in the network.
I can find the NAS on Finder. The NAS is listed in the ...
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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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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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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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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 to install Ubuntu on Lion?
I have downloaded Lion and I want to install Ubuntu as VM.
I found this one:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/07/how-to-set-up-ubuntu-linux-on-a-mac-its-easy-and-free/
Is there any updated tutorial for ...
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mac-fdisk location on the internet?
Does anybody know where I can obtain a version (working) of mac-fdisk, for use on a Mac OS X 10.4.11 Server installation, to prepare my disks for yaboot, so that I can then install Linux. Long story, ...
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Why does my Xserve simply eject Linux install CDs instead of reading / booting from them?
I have an Xserve G4, dual 1.33 GHz processors, 2 GB of RAM, 1 CD-ROM drive, 2 internal Hard Drives (read: Nowhere really to back them up to). I also have 1 EXTERNAL Hard Drive, Firewire, but just like ...
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Update/backup iPod via iTunes on virtual Windows XP?
All the programs I use on my Mac these days are either in a Linux VM (in Virtualbox), or open-source apps which are also available on Linux. With one exception: iTunes, which I only use to feed my ...
