Installing Ubuntu/Linux Mint on Macmini is easy, but getting it to work the way you normally want a PC to run is a bit difficult (meaning, run smoothly and making all peripherals work):) I am trying to cover all the issues I had with linux installation process and getting Apple hardware t o run happily with Linux. Few things before we start,. I assume that you have a reasonable knowledge in.nix based OSes and commands. You need a stable power supply;). A Mac mini late 2012 with OSX in a perfect state (if not you can reinstall OSX to start with, I did that). A keyboard and mice.

A monitor or two so you can see whats going on:) NOTE: I reinstalled macosx before installing Linux and recreated the partitions table with two (using apple disk utility), since I had a 1TB drive, I split it into two equal partitions and reinstalled mac on the first (512GB was used). I left the second partition untouched, meaning unformatted. I dont think this is a must but just saying what my configuration was.

Intro Macmini comes with an UEFI bootloader, the easiest way to get multiple OSs to run with the machine is through rEFInd, you can download it from the link below. As far as I can see rEFInd is a software layer for UEFI based computers so that you can esily run multiple OSes with a nice menu driven interface so that users can switch between them easily. Download the 'Binary zip file' from the link below.

After downloading, extract the zip, 'cd' into the folder and run 'sudo./install.sh' it will show some messages and install the complete installation. Reboot, if rEFInd is installed correcty you will see the menu at the time of booting. (ver 0.7.4 as of 05-Sep-2013, Binary zip archive) Installation process The installation should be straightforward until you get to the point where you choose the paritions setup. You need to choose 'Something else' from the harddisk setup/partition section, then in the partition editor chose the 2nd partition you left blank in the mac disk partitioning utility (check the note above), use the blank partition to setup your favourite partition table. A video clip explaining manual disk partitioning in Mint.

In the 'Device for bootloader installation' dropdown please select the root partition or /boot/ partition you created in the partition table. Never use any of the block devices used by the Mac OSX, in mine they were the device itself /dev/sda and /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 Once the partitions are confirmed and the bootloader installation device is set, proceed with the installation. Low colour depth in the second monitor If you have a dual monitor setup, they you will notice that sometimes one of the monitors display less colours than the other one. I read somewhere that this issue happens in EFI based machines with Intel HD xxxx video cards, but I am not exactly sure the reason behind it. The permanent fix for this would be to alter a configuration register for the Intel HD video card. The way I prefer for this is through the /etc/profile file. Sudo gedit /etc/profile Add the following line intelregwrite 0x70008 0xC4002000 Save the file and exit. In the next boot colours will be normal on monitors.

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Broadcom wireless BCM4331 chipset Broadcom chips are not supported well with linux, if you need more information about why the Arch linux documentation provides a good inside. Lets get the wifi driver installed, You need to make sure that repository sources are set to download and compile drivers from the source package itself, inorder to enable source code repositories refer to, usually in linux mint/ubuntu in 'Software sources' application should have a option to enable 'source code' option. After enabling source packages open up a terminal and run following commands, in order to compile a package from the source, you need kernel headers and debian package developer tools.

Source distribution 0.38.4 / February 9, 2015 ( 2015-02-09) Development status Active Written in Package Management Website The Fink project is an effort to and package programs to. Fink uses and ('s ), as well as its own frontend program, fink (which is implemented as a set of ). Implementation Fink features a binary distribution for quick and easy installation using APT, as well as a more extensive source distribution.

In addition to tools for handling packages, the app Phynchronicity provides a. Fink can be used to install newer versions of packages installed by or to install packages not included in by Apple edict. Fink stores all its data in the directory /sw by default (though this can be changed if initially compiling fink itself from source code). This goes against the 's recommendation to use the /usr/local; the reasons given in the Fink FAQ are that other installers might overwrite Fink's files under /usr/local, and that having an entirely separate directory makes it easier to disable the binaries and libraries that Fink installs.

Within Fink's directory, a FHS-like layout ( /sw/bin, /sw/include, /sw/lib, etc.) is used. History The Fink project was started in December 2000 by German Christoph Pfisterer. The name Fink is for and is a reference to the name of the Mac OS X core,; 's study of diversity among finches led him eventually to the concept of natural selection. Christoph Pfisterer left the project in November 2001. Since then, several people have stepped in and picked up support for Fink.

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As of March 2008, the project was managed by 6 administrators, 89 developers, and an active community. As of March 2014, the Fink core team were made up of nine active developers, who are responsible for the central management of the project and maintain the 'essential' packages. The Fink community regularly adds support for the latest versions of OS X with their release. Latest Fink versions, starting with version 0.39, support. See also. Rudix References.