Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard

From	Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard
Date	2015-02-20 09:13 +1300
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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In article <0001HW.D10B1ED20143E895B02919BF@news.astraweb.com>, Nelson
<nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:47:37 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ck9n2pF1kl5U2@mid.individual.net>):
> > On 2015-02-14, Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >> Does a dual-boot setup require a reinstall of snow leopard or can the
> >> disk be repartitioned with out reinstall?
> >> 
> >> I am considering putting linux on an imac but itunes doesn't exist on
> >> linux AFAIK
> >> 
> >> so dual boot might work to got to macosx for itunes
> > 
> > Running Linux in a virtual machine is a far better option, IMO. No need
> > to reboot, and you can do it for free with VirtualBox. Also, since Mac
> > OS X is Unix, you should consider whether you really need Linux to begin
> > with since the vast majority of "Linux" stuff runs just fine in Mac OS X.
> 
> Don't you have to recompile it?  I was curious to try out Gimp but 
> didn't have the time to figure out how to recompile it.  Something 
> called "Fink"?

If you mean Gimp the Photoshop-clone, then you shouldn't have to
compile anything. It did used to require the X11 optional installation,
but now there's a proper Mac version - just download and run.

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how to install dual boot on snow leopard Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-02-14 10:57 -0800
  Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-14 13:30 -0600
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-14 14:45 -0500
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-14 20:56 +0000
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-15 09:35 +1300
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-15 09:52 -0600
        Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-16 08:58 +1300
  Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-14 19:47 +0000
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-02-14 16:30 -0800
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-19 05:02 -0500
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-19 17:11 +0000
        Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 14:11 -0500
          Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 05:03 +0000
            Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:48 -0500
              Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 14:13 +0000
            Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 12:52 +0000
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:13 +1300

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