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Re:Linux is a lemon on the new retina Mac Book Pro by LeafStorm on Saturday August 18, 2012 @08:13AM (#4400937)
I actually dual-boot Arch on my mid-2011 Macbook Pro, and two mouse buttons has been the least of my problems -- you can configure Synaptics to recognize a click on the touchpad with two fingers as a right-click, just like OS X. (You can even set it up to recognize a three-finger click as a middle click, which OS X doesn't do.)

The only real issue I have with Linux is that something keeps eating my bootloader, so I have to keep a GRUB boot CD around to boot into it.

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Re:Linux is a lemon on the new retina Mac Book Pro by acomar on Saturday August 18, 2012 @10:38AM (#4401234)
Are you sure it's getting eaten? I have had issues with efi bootloader, where it'll forget to boot from the right OS but the bootloader is still there and accessible from the boot menu.
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Re:Linux is a lemon on the new retina Mac Book Pro by archangel_one on Saturday August 18, 2012 @09:45AM (#4401099)
That sounds like a pain - how are you trying to boot Linux? Have you tried refit?
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