https://github.com/briangershon/linuxmint-mac-setup
Dual boot Linux Mint and OSX
https://github.com/briangershon/linuxmint-mac-setup
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Dual boot Linux Mint and OSX
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/briangershon/linuxmint-mac-setup
- Owner: briangershon
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-10-14T06:19:42.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-01-07T23:30:49.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-12T09:45:06.102Z (4 months ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 3.91 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Dual Boot Linux Mint with OSX on Mac Laptop
## Partition
Partition drive into 4 partitions.
1. Half for OSX
2. 40 GB for Linux "/"
3. 4 GB for Linux "swap"
4. The rest for Linux "/home"
Install OSX on partition 1
Install Linux Mint by booting Linux Mint Live CD/USB. Double-click `Install`. Map partitions.
To boot Linux, hold `option` key while booting laptop and pick Linux.
## Configure Linux Mint
Clone this repo into home folder, install apps, setup dotfiles:
cd ~/linuxmint-mac-setup
./setup.sh # this can be run to create and update
Map Ctrl key to Apple key and Caps Lock to Ctrl key:
* go to system > preferences > keyboard
* open tab Layouts
* click Options...
* open "Alt/Win key behavior"
* and select Control is mapped to Win keys
* then for tmux so you can use Caps-Lock-a combination, under "Caps Lock key behavior", set to "Make Caps Lock an additional Ctrl"
Generate SSH Key
ssh-keygen # create SSH key
# add key to Github.
Configure Touchpad
The Mac Laptop touchpad didn't work well by default on a MacBookPro 2011.
I used the settings from this article (http://yarenty.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-fix-macbook-pro-touchpad-on.html) but kept the synaptics driver which seems to work a bit better.
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo cp conf/50-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
# restart system