My Saucy Macbook

It took me a couple weeks to get it working, but I am now running Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander om my MacBook Pro 13″ (7,1 model).

The first attempt to just upgrade from 13.04 failed with the computer locking up, I then tried to install over the failed install again with disastrous results. Wifi didn’t work, screen would turn black, computer would lock up. I regressed back to Ubuntu 12.04 which had minor hiccups that were easily fixed. I ran 12.04 for only 4 days before I tried one more time with 13.10.

The second attempt worked. This time I had the laptop hooked up via Ethernet cable so I could update without issues. The first round of updates enabled my wifi without issue. After the wifi was updated I searched for drivers and installed the nvidia proprietary one that was recommended too easy.

It has been 4 days now without a single issue. I am slowly installing programs to test everything but again no issue. I didn’t even lose a single file. Part of this is due to my partition scheme. Instead of simply installing, I split my linux partition into two partitions a

root partition /

and a home partition /home

simply installing would have created the home partition as a sub partition of the root partition. This would have resulted in writing over my personal files and caused much more pain and anguish in restoration of lost documents.

About Patrick

First and foremost, Patrick is a fallen being far from perfect in just about every way. Saved by Christ more than a decade ago, his life has been transformed. While there is more to Patrick than simply his redemption this must be placed up front because it is perhaps the most important brick in the foundation of this blog. Additional information about Patrick includes his home. He is a displaced native Minnesotan who has studied just about everything. He holds both a Bachelor of Science in Multi-Disciplinary Studies and an MBA with an additional emphasis on Public Relations, both from Liberty University.

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