Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux

Re:Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux by wsc981 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:58AM (#35451677)

I recently tried a dual-boot configuration with my iMac 27" with both macOS and Ubuntu and after a short while the boot system got messed up. Couldn't fix it.

I read this is also an experience many Windows users have had when setting up dual booting systems with Linux.

At this point I think it's generally a bad idea to setup a dual-boot system with Linux, better to use it exclusively.

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Re:Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:08AM (#35451756)

It's not the "with Linux" but that's the bad idea though, is it? It seems this is an area where Microsoft (I don't know about Apple) are getting away with anticompetitive practice in the guise of security.

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Re:Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux by rtontic on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:09AM (#35452186)

Hm, I disagree. I have two desktops that I dualboot with windows 10 and various linux distros, currently ubuntu lts. If you install windows first then linux, it should work ok.

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Re:Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux by quijoteuniv on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:34AM (#35454965)

I wonder what happen, in my experience updates sometimes make that OS take over booting from each other, you should check rEFInd and the info on the website. He is the guy dealing with this

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