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OSNews: No Reasons Not to Be Dual Booting Linux and OSX

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“Today, I decided to give Linux a try on my iBook. I’ve been
wanting Linux on my iBook for a long time, but I’ve simply never
had the time to do it. I ran the occasional PowerPC live CD, but
live CD’s are far cries from the real, installed thing. A second
showstopper was that suspend never really worked–and I cannot use
my iBook without suspend. After trying out a new live CD yesterday,
I found out that suspend on lid closure now worked mighty fine on
Linux/PPC; hence, it was time to do the real thing. And oh how I
was left surprised…

“The usual reaction to ‘Linux on the Mac’ is ‘Why Linux when you
have OSX?’ Various reasons can be cited for wanting Linux on your
Mac…”

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