On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 05:58:03PM +0200, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > Dear list, > > I've done a first general workshop on Linux, FLOSS etc. as training > conservatoire activity. A second one will be more of a a demo/tutorial > with focus on audio/multimedia, I'd like it to also be hands-on. So my > idea was to take a bunch of "audio-ready" live distro discs. > Surprise surprise... most of the attendees will have a mac book pro, so > workability on this platform is desired (sigh!) Unfortunately, I don't think Macs will boot a Linux LiveCD. :( At least, on my Mac Mini, I had to replace the mac EFI loader with rEFIt (an open alternative) before I could boot any other OS. Perhaps this state of affair has changed, or perhaps someone has found a way to fool Mac's EFI loader into thinking it's booting Mac OS... Good luck. Cheers, S.M. > > My two candidates are puredyne and AVLinux. The first in particular > comes with Pure Data which I would like to use. Both worked without a > glitch on my HP laptop (apart the fact I couldn't figure out how to get > the 3rd level keyboard modifier in puredyne (AltGr on Italian keyboard)). > On a mac laptop I was able to test puredyne halts and drops to a console > while booting. AVLinux starts although wifi is not there. Probably I > could go with AVLinux and put the Pure Data and required packages on a > USB stick. > > I haven't tested it but if wifi worked ok we might start with vanilla > ubuntu and pull the desired packages, but I fear that would take away > too much time, although instructive about the installation procedure. > > Anyway I'd be happy to hear more advice hints, as I have no real > experience about running linux (live or installed) on macs. > > Thanks, > Lorenzo. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user -- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
