Comment 6 for bug 53459

Colin Watson schrieb:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 52779 ***
>
> I'm afraid Intel Macs are not currently supported by ubiquity, although
> you may be able to get them to work using the alternate install CD. See
> bug 52779.

Useless; the alternate install CD doesn't even comes further. The main
problem seems to be the GUID partition table used by Apple. You can boot
from a Linux CD/DVD but not from harddisk. You might need elilo to boot;
as I told, you should consider http://www.mactel-linux.org to figure out
what to do to make Ubuntu Mac-compatible.

You can get a rudimentary Ubuntu without X11 working, you might then
copy the LiveCD-Ubuntu above the installation, but you'll get a very
awful Linux installation far beyond the Ubuntu philosophy... the
description by itself is not useful for laymen - the mactel-linux guys
didn't write a script for the installation and their instructions are
for example "It is strongly advised to dist-upgrade the newly installed
Ubuntu distribution and to remove all the automatic mechanisms of the
Live CD" (there is not really an instruction how you can update this
kind of Ubuntu and remove the autologin stuff). I think you'll get an
Linux that is really dangerous, maybe even more vulnerable than any
Windows version ever was.

The new Intel Macs are now for about a year on the market and still not
supported by any Linux distribution. Windows XP (SP2 and above) on the
other hand is working fine since a few months - completely; full graphic
and sound. It installs from an ordinary Setup CD, not adapted for Intel
Macs...

BTW: don't forget that sound doesn't work either with the Live CD.