On 01/18/2013 01:50 PM, MartÃn Cigorraga wrote:
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, D. Can Celasun <dcelasun@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Brainless software engineer here. I'm using Arch on an iMac 27" + 27" Cinema Display at work and I couldn't be happier. Sure, it took an extra 15 minutes to set it up (compared to a PC)
A bit OT here. D.: is there any remarkable difference worth noting between running Arch on PC and on a Mac? I'm thinking in something like heat or some part of the HW not being fully supported like the keyboard or anything else. There's no doubt Apple products stands out because the excellent hardware, one of the main reasons one would argue to install GNU/Linux on them, but as I never tried this and I'm a bit reluctant to mess with HW glitches I would love to hear from an archer running his system on Mac.
Regards.
When I first got this one in October 2011 the wireless card wasn't yet supported in the latest kernel, so I tried to keep up with the rc releases for a couple of months. I don't usually have a problem working the processor with kernel compiles and virtual machines, so I have noticed a bit of heat (I actually assume that's what caused a screen problem last week). It seems to be running 10 - 15 C cooler now... I don't know if switching to grub-efi from grub-legacy has anything to do with that. - Bryan