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Quemado

(1,262 posts) Sat Jul 6, 2019, 10:41 AM Jul 2019

Anyone running Linux Mint (dual boot) on an iMac?

I'm interested in switching from Mac to Linux. I have an iMac.

If you are running Linux Mint (dual boot) on an iMac, how is it?

Thanks

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Anyone running Linux Mint (dual boot) on an iMac? (Original Post) Quemado Jul 2019 OP

Not exactly answering your question but you might try Parallels Deskstop Lite. CentralMass Jul 2019 #1

Update: it looks like they started charging a subscription fee CentralMass Jul 2019 #2

CentralMass

(15,598 posts)

1. Not exactly answering your question but you might try Parallels Deskstop Lite.

Reply to Quemado (Original post)

Sat Jul 6, 2019, 11:59 AM

Jul 2019

Essentially it is a VM environment.

https://www.cio.com/article/3193926/why-and-how-to-run-linux-in-macos-for-free.html
Parallels Desktop Lite is a free of cost app that allows you to run Linux distributions inside of macOS.

"Now there is a ‘free-as-in-beer’ solution available in the App Store called Parallels Desktop Lite that you can run any Linux distribution on (though if you want to use Windows on it, you have to pay $60)."

"Parallels Desktop Lite offers five Linux distributions from the app itself. You can download Chrome OS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and CentOS from within the app and install it. The only major distro missing from the list is openSUSE."

Although it doesn't have Mint you can install it. However I tried mint on a Windiws laptop and ended up going with Fedora instead.

I did not use this tool and don't dual boot on the windows laptop. I installed Fedora on the laptop and use VM' for other OS's.

CentralMass

(15,598 posts)

2. Update: it looks like they started charging a subscription fee

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 6, 2019, 12:42 PM

Jul 2019

for the app in 2019. So it is no longer free.

As an alternative you could intall virtualbox and run whatever linux distro you want in a VM.

https://www.virtualbox.org/

http://osxdaily.com/2018/12/31/install-run-virtualbox-macos-install-kernel-fails/

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