Quick Guide to Installing Ubuntu on a Mac OSX PC
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In this beginner article, Ben Mackie provides step-by-step instructions for installing Ubuntu Linux through VirtualBox on an Intel Mac running either Tiger or Leopard. Hopefully this article will encourage even the most cautious Mac user to enjoy the benefits of a dual boot Mac with Linux.
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Virtual box is a fantastic and enterprise capable virtualizer for Mac hardware. For those not familiar with virtualizers, this tool allows you to install Ubuntu in a shared manner with another Operating System such as MacOS or Windows.
You may wish to find out more about this SUN Microsystem's tool, as it is very useful for many virtualizing scenerios. Best of all, it is one of the only virtualization tools that is also Open Source Software.
To get VirtualBox simply go to this link:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Under VirtualBox Binaries, where it says VirtualBox 3.0.0 for OS X hosts, select "Intel Macs"
Open the VirtualBox disk image and run the installer
ADVANCED TIP: If you're a more advanced user, it's important to let you know that rather than burning the ISO to CDROM, then using the CD to install into
virtualbox, the CDROM drive in virtual box can be configured to point at the ISO file, eliminating the need to burn a disk.
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