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Luke Beales
Architect of scalable and investible SaaS products | Fractional CTO | Startup Lead Engineer | Tech Founder

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Loading Linux on a Mac-Mini

Byluke June 8, 2015

In the intel mac era this has become fairly easy and you can use standard linux Distros.  There are a few little tweaks which I will mention.  I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit for this example. You will need to acquire a standard (non-mac) iso from ubuntu.com, and write that to a usb key…

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    • How your successful company can go further
  • Products
    • Mediafai
    • Signchro
    • FlexiFi v1
    • FlexiFi v2
    • Menupatch, Free Digital Signage
  • Electronics & IoT
    • Arduino ATTiny85 board
    • ResourciBoard – Modular IoT Device
      • Introduction
      • Part 2
      • Part 3
      • Part 4
      • Part 5
      • Part 6
    • Powering an ESP8266 or ESP12 off a battery
    • Giant Alphanumeric Display
    • Websockets
      • Reviving 30 year old Lego Technic with websockets
      • Reviving 30 year old Lego Technic with websockets – Part 2
    • Tinkering with Amazon Alexa
    • 12v 16 channel MOSFET switch
    • Neon style LED sign
    • Christmas Lights Display using NodeMCU, WLED, WS2811 Pixels, and xLights
    • Elbeano (web controlled arduino diagnostics device)
  • Projects
    • Car sound deadening (for Mazda MX-5 / Miata)
    • GiST (Specialised Linux Distro)
    • RC Helicopter DSLR aerial photography platform
    • Car PC
    • Excel from a Full Stack Developer / Software Engineer’s perspective
    • Demos
      • ResourciBoard 3D
      • Fire
      • Wheel
      • Dressmaker
      • Tetris
      • Dangerous to Fish
      • Weather
      • Chart
      • Puzzle
  • Contact