[geeks] Ubuntu partition on Bootcamp Mac?

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Sat Jul 28 12:08:32 CDT 2007


On Jul 28, 2007, at 2:19 AM, Jon Gilbert wrote:

> On Jul 27, 2007, at 9:15 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>
>> You might have better luck running it inside of VMware Fusion.  It's
>> really good stuff.
>
> No, the main reason I want to install Ubuntu is for enhanced OpenGL
> performance. I want to boot into Ubuntu without having it wrapped in
> a virtual machine, which is sure to limit 3D and network performance.

FWIW, VMWare Workstation (and thus hopefully VMWare Fusion) do OpenGL  
very nicely, properly passing the OpenGL calls in the guest up to the  
host.  It might not be play the latest game great, but it certainly  
works reasonably well for various 3D programs and screen savers.

> Is it possible to make a partition for Ubuntu, just like I have
> partitions for Windows Vista and Mac OS X? And when I boot, to choose
> between them?

I thought that Ubuntu should be able to be setup to be a native OS  
rather than strictly a bootcamp OS.

Have you tried googling for something like:
Mac Pro Bootcamp OSX XP Ubuntu triple boot
That seems to return lots of guides to follow.



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