Linux + Macbook

when i first got my macbook i dual booted windows. that quickly proved to be a terrible idea for windows ran my macbook so hot it would crash. my question is how would ubuntu fair on the not so well cooled macbook?

It'll severly damage your macbook: The time will come when you've had it with Ubuntu and grab the nearest part of it to throw across the room - which will be the macbook. If you want to run a decent distro on it, I'd suggest Fedora Core - like I always do when someone asks my opinion of Ubuntu.

My real question here though is why bother? The Mac OS so closely resembles Linux that it seems a waste. Using the OS the macbook was designed for will probably yield a better user experience than running even FC5 on it. If you're just trying to learn something about Linux, that's one thing, but I wouldn't recommend it for everyday use.

I must admit, after seeing a co-worker's in action, I'm tempted to go buy one myself - which is a really rare statement for me.

I would definitely second that recommendation. I have been able to install every application that I've used on Debian that I've wanted to use on my iMac. Then again, it's mostly development software -- I have 4 different versions of Emacs installed right now.

Lets not forget that it's essentially FreeBSD under the covers -- so it's real unix. They also moved the ports collection over to MAC OS X as well; so installing source just became even easier.

I too am tempted to get one. If I had not just been refreshed by my company to a T60P, which I have running FBSD and that other OS not to be named, I just might.

Cheers.

im actualy a debian user not an ubuntu one. i am not very fond of fedora core either. i used fedora 4 i believe and i dont remember what it was but there was something that really irked me. if only i could remember what it was. anyway i chose ubuntu cause ive been feeling pretty lazy and didnt want to have to cusomize much and the wireless works on it with no problem. and its not that i dont like osx (i mean really why else would i have bought a macbook) but i like linux very much as well and i wanted to try to get xgl on it as well. it would look really nice on the macbooks screen. i know you guys arent fond of gui (well actually daemonguy) but i am. terminal is nice too though its just not pretty. and i highly recommend a macbook. my only complaint is the lack of a graphics card. its intigrated and its terrible.