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From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo on a macbook air
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:19:18
Message-Id: 1344255267.8010.0.camel@moriah
1 On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 19:03 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
2 > The boss just told me my beloved 2007 sony vaio has got to go (and
3 > 600Mhz just doesnt cut it anymore when trying to run more than 1 vm !)
4 >
5 > He is offering a new 11" macbook air which I have never even had a look
6 > at, or be able to identify if I saw one - well he got me to say at least
7 > I should look at it rather than a Dell :)
8 >
9 > Googling seems to imply that I can get rid of the apple stuff and
10 > install linux but I have not found any up to date gentoo info yet
11 > (except these are UEFI, and the gentoo live media wont work) - does
12 > anyone have any idea if gentoo is doable on these, and no real problems
13 > exist?
14 >
15 > They do seem a bit feature "free" (no CD drive etc) which reduces the
16 > options when trying to install.
17 >
18 > BillK
19 >
20 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo on a macbook air Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>