Anybody running linux on a macbook?

[dt22]

Hi,

Just wondering if anybody does the above? Have always run linux on PC's/Servers but never on Apple kit.
I'm slightly concerned about fan control when using linux instead of OS X as I've read mixed reports about how cooling is controlled on Macs.

Any thoughts about the cooling or general info would be appreciated.


Cheers,

David

 

[Dj_Jestar]

My colleague had Gentoo on his macbook pro for a while, but went back to OSX as the two are not completely disalike to start with.

 

[ChrisB]

Not a macbook, but I've debian running on a minimac (PPC) and the temps are fine.
If it does anything to stress the CPU then the fan speed is taken up a notch, which is quite noticeable to the ear...

 

[braz2kuk]

Got Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 here on my macbook pro dual boot with OS X 10.5.3 using refit as a boot option.

It runs great, got a nice optimized kernel, using madwifi for the Atheros wifi card and using the nvidia drivers form the official nvidia site.

I say go for it

 

[dt22]

I might have to give it a go. I used Gentoo for a couple of years on and off, I loved the control you had. Something which could useful on the mac hardware.

 

[v0n]

Any problems with graphics/acceleration on PPC macs under linux?

 

[Cew27]

seing as mac is "supposedly" a *nix distro it will be very similar to linux (its actually bsd based but with a price tag slapped on) and the chances are that if there is a problem with linux on macbooks not controlling the fans there will be a fix out there. thats why i love linux