Linux drivers for Airport

Your MacBook's Airport card is probably using a Broadcom chipset. I haven't found any documents on how to make it work with Gutsy, but the instructions for Feisty should work:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty

Note that the procedure is not necessarily easy. If you have questions, you should probably ask them in a dedicated Linux forum; most people here know OS X better than Linux.

Hi,

The older core2 Mackbooks should just work with the Gutsy release. The newer "late 2006" core2duo Macbooks have Atheros AR5008X Wi-Fi radio. They need a little more work to get working, but there are instructions here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

Thanks for correcting me; I haven't followed which chipsets were used in recent Macs and was under the false impression that Core Duo Macs were using an Intel chipset and Core 2 Duo Macs reverted to using a Broadcom chipset.

Anyway, the original poster is probably going to get a lot more help on Ubuntu or other Linux forums.

Hi,

You're welcome! I wasn't trying to make a correction. Just pointing out there are a couple different Wi-Fi radios that may be encountered on a Macbook.

I just found that handy Ubuntu help page today. I downloaded "Gutsy" live DVD version a couple days ago, and it booted up nicely on the Macbook C2D directly from the DVD (minus support for the Atheros radio). It actually looks pretty good.

If one didn't want to pay extra for an office productivity suite from Apple or Microsoft, the Open Office suite included with Gutsy would probably suffice for most every-day tasks.

Bill

impulse_telecom wrote:
If one didn't want to pay extra for an office productivity suite from Apple or Microsoft, the Open Office suite included with Gutsy would probably suffice for most every-day tasks.

And so would OpenOffice.org under Mac OS X, or, if you prefer the Aqua look-and-feel to X11, NeoOffice 😉

Hi,

Point well taken about running Open Office on OSX! Guess that was too obvious! 🙂

Bill