On Jul 15, 2009 3:30pm, Nick Ali <nali@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Christopher > > Stamperchristopherstamper@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I been thinking of getting an older white 15" macbook for my main machine. > > I'm looking at a 2.0ghz C2D model, prob about from late 2006-2007. > > > > So I was wondering if any of you have been running Ubuntu on a macbook. Are > > there any compatibility issues? I'd like to do some simple audio work > > (non-RT) also; any problems with that? I seem to remember something about > > Jack not working right... > While not Ubuntu Studio specific, see > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSupportTeam/CommunityHelpPages. > The Mactel pages that Stamper linked are pretty helpful. If you're using Hardy, you should have no issues getting a good-working machine, although you will probably have to use proprietary drivers for the wi-fi. JACK and RT all work great under Hardy. Jaunty, however, doesn't work so well (at least, on my first generation macbook). All the macbooks require at least a little fiddling, so be prepared to spend a bit of time ironing out the wrinkles.