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Mac OS X 8.6?

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can Ubuntu work on a Big'ol Mac OS X 8.6?

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Glenn J. Mason (glennji) said : 		#1

Ubuntu is a complete operating system - it does the same job as Mac OS/X, rather than running as an application under OS/X.

There are versions for both Intel and PPC-based Macs -- find out which you have and try a LiveCD.

To run both Ubuntu and OS/X (although one at a time!) you will need to do something called "Dual Booting". This adds a menu at startup time to select either Ubuntu or OS/X.

This guy has done it:
http://www.philroche.net/archives/osx-and-ubuntu-dual-boot/

Make sure you back everything up before attempting something like this! (There is no danger in trying the LiveCD however.)

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