[Ubuntu Oregon] MacBook Air Ubuntu support?

[Scott Garman]

On 07/20/2012 09:10 AM, Scott Garman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just got some budget funds from work that I need to spend this
> quarter, and I'd like to get an ultrabook. Thing is, I'm not finding any
> ultrabooks that meet my needs (13", high resolution screen, 8 GB RAM,
> comfortable keyboard) and am beginning to contemplate buying a MacBook
> Air and running Linux natively on it (i.e, wipe OS X completely from it).
>
> I've found this help.ubuntu.com page which suggests that 12.04 works
> well on last year's MB Air:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir4-2
>
> However, I'm not finding any information about this year's Intel Ivy
> Bridge version of the laptop.
>
> Can anyone point me to reliable information or personal experience with
> this?

As a follow-up I've successfully installed and am running 12.04 natively 
on the MBA. I've written up the process in the Apple Users subforum of 
Ubuntu Forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2039799

There's a fair bit to do post-install, but it pretty straightforward and 
is mostly the same as what you'd do on the 2011 MBA.

Scott