Ubuntu Linux Installed on Q [QUEMU] on Intel Mac Mini OS X 3

Posted by jonathan on March 11, 2006

I managed to get Ubuntu Linux running on the new mac, using Q version 0.8.788, which is a front-end to Fabrice Bellard’s QEMU software.

I used this topic (scroll down to Yak’s post) to give me some help, as the first few times the PC simply rebooted. However, it *does* work though it is very slow and not really practical for anybody but a very dedicated fan of Ubuntu.

The screenshot shows Firefox running in Ubuntu GNU/Linux and surfing to digg.com.

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  1. Curt Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:43:46 MDT

    Hello,

    is it the PC (Intel x86) version of ubuntu or the PPC-version? I tried to install the PPC-Version without succes.

    Curt

  2. jonathan Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:02:45 MDT

    It’s the x86 version. I’ll post a bit about Parallels later though. It’s like night and day compared with the emulation solutions, though in theory QEMU should be able to use native execution, in practice it emulates an x86 on an x86, which is why the performance is so terrible.

    Parallels Workstation runs a copy of XP like a real XP workstation. Not full-screen yet in the beta (2) and no USB or sound, but it’s pretty damned impressive, and seems pretty stable.

  3. Julius Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:02:21 MDT

    How do I install it on q in the first place? I have got the cds and I have installed q, what should I do now?

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