I'm trying to partition the hard drive on my old mac (model 4,1 running OS X 10.5.8) so I can dual boot Ubuntu. The problem is that when I go to Disk Utility and and select to partition the drive I get an error saying that the partition failed because there's no space left on the device, even though I have lots of space. This happens no matter how small I make the partition. [more inside]
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Windows xp and Ubuntu? PCI video card? Mac Mini? Opinions? [more inside]
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Is there any way to get the standard OS X touchpad acceleration curve working under Linux? I've tried messing with the "synaptics" driver settings many different ways, but nothing yielded anything close to what I was looking for. [more inside]
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Ubuntu on a MacBook Pro, wireless hell ensues. [more inside]
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Is there anywhere I can find step-by-step instructions for installing a Linux distro (Ubuntu in particular) on my PowerBook G4's external hard drive? [more inside]
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Do you have ant ideas for extending the useful lifetime of a 12" 867 MHz PowerBook G4? [more inside]
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