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43 questions linked to/from What is different about the Mac ISO image?
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How do I get my Mac to boot from an Ubuntu USB key?
If you select "USB" and "Mac" on this download page, it gives a series of command line instructions to make a USB key which the MacBook will boot into Ubuntu from.
I've followed them to the letter ...
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Can I make a bootable USB flash drive for Mac from Windows
The problem
MacBook hard drive crashed and is ruined. I need to work on a music assignment on a program only available for Mac OS X and Ubuntu, and will not be able to get a new hard drive for the ...
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Where can I get a Mac image of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
I am attempting to install Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro, but when I attempt to download the Mac desktop image (as opposed to the regular 32bit or 64bit edition) from the normal Ubuntu websire, I am given ...
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How do I install 64-bit Ubuntu Server on MacBook?
Apparently, Macs have trouble booting the standard Ubuntu iso images (see ref).
[Macs] apparently can't cope with multi-catalog CDs, and simply refuse to boot them... [Colin Watson] therefore ...
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Why doesn't the Ubuntu ISO burned to a CD or copied to a USB work on my Mac?
I just installed a new hard drive and for the life of me, I cannot get the .iso file on my USB stick or burned CD to begin the installation process.
I keep getting a picture of a folder with a ...
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Install Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro using EFI instead of rEFIt or similar
I installed Ubuntu on my macbook pro (8,1) a few months back using the rEFIt method (so it's an emulated BIOS). I want to give EFI mode a try. Unfortunately I have not found a clear guide on where to ...
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USB create for windows laptop on mac
Can I create a bootable USB on a MAC which I can use on a toshiba laptop which is basically stuffed ?
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What is the difference between ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso and ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64+mac.iso? [duplicate]
My current assumption is that the mac version has drivers particular to the mac ecosystem?
Does that mean that I can't create a live system with the non mac iso to boot my mac over USB?
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How to fix "Disk drive for /boot/efi is not ready or not present"? [closed]
After I updated BIOS/UEFI version to 1101 on an Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard Ubuntu (11.10) did not boot. After POST all I saw was a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner.
I ...
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Differences between installer disc images? [duplicate]
Looking at the Quantal image download site I notice two different amd64 images. What's the technical difference between ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64+mac and ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64? Of course the ...
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What is the difference between the AMD64 and AMD64+mac images? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is different about the Mac ISO image?
I decided to download todays image for Precise, and I saw that there was an image called precise-desktop-amd64.iso and one called ...
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32 or 64 bit, which one is suitable for 3GB RAM but legacy specs? [closed]
Well, today when I headed to download page, there were 3 options for me as follows:
64 Bit
32 Bit (for machines with less than 2 GB RAM)
64 Bit Mac (AMD64)
I know that you need a good system to run ...
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Is there way to check if users use Ubuntu Desktop amd64 or amd64+mac?
I believe uname -a on installation from both regular 64-bit and mac iso outputs the same info string. Is there way to tell apart their architectures?
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Difference between Ubuntu 64 bit for Macs and just Ubuntu 64 bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is different about the Mac ISO image?
What specifically is the difference between Ubuntu 64 bit for Macs and just Ubuntu 64 bit?
Edit: Is there any difference except ...
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Why does Ubuntu URL include AMD when I choose 64bit and not AMD64bit?
First, I have Intel processors and a PC workstation.
I "Choose my Flavor" of "64bit" and get the following iso possibility with the URL having "&version=14.04.1&architecture=amd64":
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