Ubuntu on a quad-core Mac Pro

[mike_cr]

Hi

I am considering getting a quad-core Mac Pro. Are there any issues with getting Ubuntu on it? Is the installation procedure different from a MacBook pro (all the HOWTOs seem to be for a MacBook pro)?

Best Regards,
Mike

[tribaal]

Ubuntu installs pretty easily provided you install bootcamp (I had to boot in "safe graphics mode" for some reason).
The only thing lacking for the time being is sound - it's a little messy right now: you need to recompile the alsa driver with a patch for some of the outputs to work, and the front headphones output doesn't work.
This should be fixed pretty soon hopefully.

Apart from sound everything works nice.

- trib'

[jdemesse]

I have installed feisty 64 bit on a Mac Pro recently. You can read more about it at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421311.

I read several Ubuntu on MacBook Pro tutorials and the installation was pretty similar. Tribaal is right though, sound is a bit tricky afterwards.

Otherwise, no big problems and the resulting desktop is pretty impressive. Esp in the performance department :)