[BNM] Linux on a MacBook?

[Alex]

Hi Tom,

My flatmate has just installed ubuntu on his macbook pro but he's a very 
high-level linux-head so that says nothing for the ease of doing it. I 
know he had problems with silly things like if you boot from cd when 
you're installing, it won't let you eject the cd.... =/

On the music side of things I would highly recommend emusic. It's a 
subscription based thing. I pay £15 / month and get 75 tracks per month 
to d/l. They've got a pretty good catalogue of indie stuff (the majors 
aren't on there). It's the biggest catalogue apart from itunes on the 
net and I read this morning that the new itunes player doesn't support 
m3u playlist files and that they've probably done that because it's the 
format emusic use for their previews. The more i hear about apple, the 
less i like them.

</rambling>

Alex =]



Tom Nixon wrote:
> I have this idea of making 2008 the year I only use Open technology. So for
> music I¹m going to ditch Ipod+iTunes and use something completely DRM free
> (suggestions?); and for my computing needs I¹m thinking of getting a MacBook
> Pro, but using Linux as my default OS. I expect I¹ll use OpenOffice and
> Firefox for most of my work, and then use Mac OS as a last resort for any
> bits that I can¹t do in Linux.
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Are there any particular linux
> distros that place nice with the new Macs? Will it be a total nightmare
> working with MS Office users? I don¹t have time for any techie fiddling so
> it¹d need to be fairly idiot proof.
> Finally, are there any local companies who could provide tech support for
> such a set-up?
>
> Or is this all a stupid idea and I should stick with Apple all the way?
>
> T.
>