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HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP HOW TO
HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP INSTALL
HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP DRIVERS
HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP WINDOWS 10

Note: Since Ubuntu 20.04 is still in developlment, the exact kernel version could change depending on when you downloaded th ISO, you'll need that to know where to copy the driver.

HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP INSTALL

Get MCMrArm's bridge driver and install it:.

Keyboard/touchpadĭownload and install according to the directions. You should be able to select Ubuntu now via REFIND. Download REFIND from sourceforge and install it the standard way. On reboot, your laptop should boot directly into MacOS as there's no way to boot into linux at this point. To do this, open up a terminal and type sudo ubiquity -b Proceed to install as normal and make sure you're installing to the empty partition you made and not MacOS or Windows. Therefore, we're going to install Ubuntu WITHOUT a bootloader. I don't know what the issue is, but grub and/or Ubuntu really don't like this laptop. The text will be tiny, but choose the second option (try Ubuntu without installing (Safe graphics). Choose the far right one, if there are multiple.) Insert the USB stick and boot the laptop holding down the "option" key to seelct the USB for boot (it'll be an orange EFI disk. You'll need to use a USB keyboard for the installation

Use your favorite program to write the ISO to a USB stick (Balena etcher for Mac, etc).

There's a fix for that at the end.Īs of this writing, 20.04 is the only Ubuntu version out there that uses kernel 5.4, which is when the linux kernel gained the ability to access the internal Apple NVME SSD. NOTE: The following steps will mess up Windows boot (the install is safe). You'll actually want to partition drive and not just add another logical volume. If it isn't obvious, you'll need to create a partition using Disk Utility in MacOS to make room another OS partition.

HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP WINDOWS 10

If you want to triple boot, I'd recommend installing Windows 10 before Linux, via bootcamp. I strongly recommend against deleting OSX entirely even if you'll never use it, it is required for locating the WiFi firmware during install and can be valuable for determining which hardware you have. Optional: USB to Ethernet adapter, compatible USB Wifi or USB tethering on a phone General notes You'll need at least the following hardware:Īt least enough USB-A to USB-C converters or hub with enough ports for at least 3 USB devices if all your devices are USB-A: Basically you'll need to install kubuntu. I'm not sure if it's a true bug or an incompatiblity with Apple's hardware. GDM3, the standard/usual/normal windows manager for Ubuntu.

HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP DRIVERS

Even if you manually install nVidia drivers (sudo apt install nvidia etc), the driver seems to install, but using nvidia-smi complains about no drivers. The eGPU is recognized and authorized, but the drivers don't load, despite what Ubuntu widgets are telling you. Headphones through the jack or bluetooth audio seems to work OK, although I haven't fully tested out sound.Įxternal GPU's: while other Thunderbolt 3 devices work well, including the OWC thunderbolt 3 dock, external GPU's seem to have some trouble. Youtube in the browser gets sound, but sometimes VLC doesn't. Although if you use the testing feature, you can hear the nice lady saying "Front!" "Left center", etc etc.

HOW TO INSTALL LINUX ON MAC BOOTCAMP HOW TO

It technically works, but some apps don't seem to know how to connect. Sound via the speakers is a little weird. As a workaround, I use a USB WiFi adapter (TP-Link N150 USB) that works out of the box with most linux kernels and distros. It's either that or reverse engineer something. Wifi: Catalina is weird, so currently no one has firgured out what it's using to make WiFi work. The Arch Linux guide which I basically stole to make this one: TRBP T2 security chip bypass to allow access to the SSD, keyboard, and trackpad: MCMrARM Here's a list of the real heroes who made this possible: I'm not a software developer, so if there are any mistakes or better ways of doing things, I'd appreciate any suggestions. This gist is just a compilation of the hard work that others have put in. This gist is out of date and I can no longer help much, as I got rid of my Mac.