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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by skywhopper on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @04:19PM (#11392635)
Windows runs great on Macs!
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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by noelsusman on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @04:22PM (#11392667)
I wish. On newer models there's a kernel issue that prevents proper suspend and shutdown, which is a dealbreaker for a laptop. I have yet to find a workaround.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101681

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103211

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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by girvo on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @08:56PM (#11394246)
What, what? Aren't those Linux kernel bugs? I'm confused what they have to do with running Windows on Mac hardware, though perhaps I'm missing something
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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by noelsusman on Thursday March 31, 2016 @10:22PM (#11402126)
It originally said "Linux runs great on Macs!" Not sure why it was edited.
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