[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

[Swarup]

On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 13:07 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote:
> I'm still struggling to install Ubuntu 12.04, which is supposed to be
> supported for 5 years.

I have a MBP 5,2, and am hesitating to even attempt the 12.04
installation for the same reason. But I have recently gotten a new imac
for our home office, and installed Parallels on it. You may already be
familiar with Parallels-- it is probably the most widely used software
these days for running operating systems virtually in OSX. I am using
both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 virtually on OSX, via Parallels. It
works great, and offers tremendous advantages. Just imagine: all the
benefits of three OS's (OSX, Win 7, Ubuntu 12.04) at the same time with
no rebooting! (I should emphasize here that I am a long-time Ubuntu
user, and of the three OS's, for many reasons prefer Ubuntu. But there
are still today some tasks that are best addressed in Win, for example
relational databases in MS Access-- still no comparison anywhere else. I
am waiting and very much looking forward to the day when good relational
DB software is available in Ubuntu :-) )

So this is just one option for you. If you install Parallels on OSX,
then 12.04 will install in Parallels without any issue at all. You'll
have your 12.04 installed and running in 20 minutes.

Swarup