HOW-TO INSTALL: How to install Ubuntu on your Mac

[Flying Llama]

The iMac in my siggy. Right now I'm installing all sorts of packages using apt-get for through Terminal. I guess I need the apple developer stuff to get the KDE working. I know, I know. I'm going to go download it right after gnome installs lol. That's the only thing I'm missing is the Apple Developer tools. I'll post later - as for Fedora, I dunno. I kinda want linux on my iBook, but if I can get KDE and Gnome to run on my iBook, I'll be set.

Well, I couldn't get Gnome working for some reason... I installed the bundle ie fink, and on running gnome-session, I get the panels, but nothing appears on the app menu, and double clicking on anything tells me that it doesn't know what to open it with. Even folders!

So I uninstalled the whole thing... which is too bad, I prefer Gnome to KDE, but that's OK I guess.

llama

 

[slooksterPSV]

Well, I couldn't get Gnome working for some reason... I installed the bundle ie fink, and on running gnome-session, I get the panels, but nothing appears on the app menu, and double clicking on anything tells me that it doesn't know what to open it with. Even folders!

So I uninstalled the whole thing... which is too bad, I prefer Gnome to KDE, but that's OK I guess.

llama

Here's what Window Managers I have working:
Enlightenment
Blackbox
TWM
IceWM

And here's the two I can't get working:
KDE
GNOME

 

[Flying Llama]

Here's what Window Managers I have working:
Enlightenment
Blackbox
TWM
IceWM

And here's the two I can't get working:
KDE
GNOME

Heh.

What's wrong with KDE or Gnome? How did you get those other WMs?

llama

 

[slooksterPSV]

I haven't used fink install whatever
I use: sudo apt-get install enlightenment for example. I can now add GNOME to the list. Here lemme take a screenshot of it running. But KDE I expect to have running after 10.3.9 downloads and installs. As for other Window Managers, google it. There are tons. IceWM and Enlightenment are good altenatives. Don't foreget to edit the /usr/X11R6/etc/xinit/xinitrc file and change it to something like: IceWM to load IceWM or enlightenment to load enlightenment. Also, to install Gnome do this:
sudo apt-get install bundle-gnome
you can install mozilla by:
sudo apt-get install mozilla

 

[slooksterPSV]

I have KDE running now. Let me show you

 

[840quadra]

Nice article, I will have to try this out on my iB 700 one of these days. I have been using linux since 7.5 and currently run Fedora Core on my Dell work laptop with E16 as my window manager.

I have been loving the background BSD on my iBook in OS X, but I want to make it dual boot into YellowDog or other Linux. I will have to try Ubuntu as well as some of the others I was looking at (OpenBSD and the likes). i have a few 10 GB drives sitting around my house for this iBook, so I may try the install this weekend.

 

[840quadra]

I have KDE running now. Let me show you

Do you know if people have been able to get E17 working on the Mac platform yet? I am curious, as it looks allot like aqua, and has some similar features (including a dock).

Thanks

 

[slooksterPSV]

Do you know if people have been able to get E17 working on the Mac platform yet? I am curious, as it looks allot like aqua, and has some similar features (including a dock).

Thanks

By E17 I take it you mean Enlightenment? I have Enlightenment working, I dunno the version, but I'll see if I can get a bundle-enlightenment or that. I'm gonna try a few things and I'll ttyl

 

[Flying Llama]

I have KDE running now. Let me show you

I think you're running KDE 3.3 right? 3.4 is really nice, you should consider it. And I believe KDE is covering your desktop with yours, try going to control panel -> Desktop -> Behavior and uncheck "show icons on desktop". Now you'll just have the panel.

 

[dubbz]

By E17 I take it you mean Enlightenment? I have Enlightenment working, I dunno the version, but I'll see if I can get a bundle-enlightenment or that. I'm gonna try a few things and I'll ttyl

It's still very alpha, so I'm guessing you have e16, at least if you've used the standard sources.

e17 = Sweet. Tried the eLive LiveCD on my PC.

It's certainly still the wm with the most Bling Bling. There's even sparkling lights in the background Very configurable too.

 

[slooksterPSV]

I think you're running KDE 3.3 right? 3.4 is really nice, you should consider it. And I believe KDE is covering your desktop with yours, try going to control panel -> Desktop -> Behavior and uncheck "show icons on desktop". Now you'll just have the panel.

I keep changing it from rootless to fullscreen so that's one reason why I did it that way. The other is because I barely, last night at 1:00PM did the one thing to where it starts up in a Window.

The KDE I'm running though is 3.1, that's what it comes with. And none of the other Repositories work for Debian packages for Fink. It's all good though. I have tons of Linux Apps. But the bad thing is I can't compile any apps if I needed something. Why? I don't have the Developer Software Xcode for Apple yet.

 

[optimustard]

quick question here. I have my HD partitioned for osx and bootcamp with xp however would like to try out unbuntu and ditch the XP how would I go about doing this? Kinda a newb here thanks everyone