I have to use a MBP 2012 for work. As OSX is terrible will I have any issues installing a Linux distro such as Mint or Ubuntu. As it's my work laptop i don't really have time to play around with it. Im looking to completely wipe the SSD first.
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How? What exactly are you trying to do? I can't say I have any trouble working with Linux servers through OS X other than it took a little while to get used to the differences in how the Apple keyboard works in terminal SSH sessions.
If you've been working with *nix servers then most (if not all) of your stuff has been done using the command line, what show stopping features are missing from OSX that you need to run in a terminal?
I'm the only one that really accesses them via SSH. My point was that I don't like the OS. I'm given a Mac by my company so the only thing I can change is the OS. There is no real show stopping features missing although a VMware vSphere client would be nice 
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While it's doable i wouldn't completely remove OSX and the recovery partition as it could cause headaches further down the line; rather remove all the crud on the OSX partition, shrink it and then dual boot a linux distro in the free space
I'm the only one that really accesses them via SSH. My point was that I don't like the OS. I'm given a Mac by my company so the only thing I can change is the OS. There is no real show stopping features missing although a VMware vSphere client would be nice
Like the one in vSphere 5.5 you mean?
It's pointless installing Linux at all when Homebrew, Fink and Macports will install just about every Linux or *BSD application that OS X might be missing. And OS X is designed to work very closely with the hardware. Say goodbye to long battery life when replacing OS X power saving daemons with generic Linux or BSD ones.
I mean if it's a case of just not liking the default OS X terminal and the way it works, replace it with your another terminal like iTerm2 or one from Macports with sudo port install XYZ-terminal
I mean if it's a case of just not liking the default OS X terminal and the way it works, replace it with your another terminal like iTerm2 or one from Macports with sudo port install XYZ-terminal
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You'll want to keep OS X partition if you do decide to install Linux/BSD on it, you need OS X to be able to install updates (this includes firmware updates, etc)
As above, with Homebrew + Terminal (or iTerm if you prefer) there's little reason to install Linux on your MacBook.
As above, with Homebrew + Terminal (or iTerm if you prefer) there's little reason to install Linux on your MacBook.
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Obviously not if the user has a more productive workflow using a different environment and in a work setting you could argue it's pointless restricting a user to an environment they're not particularly au fait with.
Simply put, not everyone likes OSX and it appears you seem to be struggling with that fact
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Not when you then have to go about changing the installed Linux keymaps to reflect the Mac keymaps. Which is no worse than trying to use SSH on a Macbook into a Linux server because of the way terminal.app works.
Simply put, not everyone likes OSX and it appears you seem to be struggling with that fact
He's not complaining because he doesn't like OS X. He's complaining because the default behaviour is not in keeping with what he is used to. Installing Linux won't fix that. It just means you have to configure Linux to now work on a Mac. I have no problem if people don't like OS X. All I'm trying to do is save him some hassle. So take your rolleyes and do one.
Beerbaron - Should have posted this in the Linux section
And I would have said the exact same thing to him if he'd posted in there. Which is the other software sub forum I'm most active in since my main OS's are OSX, Linux and BSD.
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Nope, it sounds like Beerbaron doesn't like the OS - even says it himself
Either way, there is no issue and little hassle (keymaps are easily solved) with installing linux on a Mac.
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I work on OSX and there are somethings that are just slower on OSX or you have to fight with more, to name a few.
Terminal, iTerms is leagues ahead of anything on Windows but its still not as good as the native *Nix terminal for me, something like ctrl+arrow are missing and slow me down.
Miss Apt-get or Yum, homebrew is a decent alternative but it includes a bit more searching.
Need to run a VM to develop in, I think its silly to developer code on OSX natively or MAMP and then deploy it to a unix server, should use the same things. Would be the same as test an app inside an emulator and release it to an iPhone.
Flash sucks so badly on OSX, 1 youtube video at 1080p can completely bring my CPU to a halt, AFAIK this is due to Steve's childish BS war with Adobe and not giving flash access to the GPU so it has to hammer the CPU. Now this might not seem like much but a lot of website include crappy flash apps, and having the ads slow your PC down is less then ideal.
I stick with OSX personally, I work as full stack developer so I need things like Photoshop, I have set up a few vagrant boxes to have headless VMs, so I do no work on OSX natively. And I have a rMBP so linux isn't great at scaling just yet, I might give Gnome3 a try.
Terminal, iTerms is leagues ahead of anything on Windows but its still not as good as the native *Nix terminal for me, something like ctrl+arrow are missing and slow me down.
Miss Apt-get or Yum, homebrew is a decent alternative but it includes a bit more searching.
Need to run a VM to develop in, I think its silly to developer code on OSX natively or MAMP and then deploy it to a unix server, should use the same things. Would be the same as test an app inside an emulator and release it to an iPhone.
Flash sucks so badly on OSX, 1 youtube video at 1080p can completely bring my CPU to a halt, AFAIK this is due to Steve's childish BS war with Adobe and not giving flash access to the GPU so it has to hammer the CPU. Now this might not seem like much but a lot of website include crappy flash apps, and having the ads slow your PC down is less then ideal.
I stick with OSX personally, I work as full stack developer so I need things like Photoshop, I have set up a few vagrant boxes to have headless VMs, so I do no work on OSX natively. And I have a rMBP so linux isn't great at scaling just yet, I might give Gnome3 a try.
When was the last time you used OS X? Flash started using GPU acceleration back in 2010.
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let me get this straight....
you want to remove the worlds best operating system, and replace it with the worst?
well done
you want to remove the worlds best operating system, and replace it with the worst?
well done
