hello folks. i’m a long time mac user here (minimal coding experience), so please be gentle. we have a decent, new mac pro in our lab (2x 2.8 quad xenons and 14GB of RAM w/ an nvidia geforce 8800gt). we’re working w/ a 3d modeling program called AMIRA and found out the linux version is where it’s at.
i’d like to install openSUSE11 on a new harddrive w/in this system - but i was wondering if anyone out there:
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has a version of openSUSE11 running and working well on their MacPro.
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from what i’ve found so far in the threads, macbooks and macbook pros have been used. should the install be similar on a macpro (using bootcamp and tossing SUSE into the new partition)?
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how bad are the hardware headaches when running the os?
i’m very dedicated to get linux up and going. my other alternative is to put together a pc strictly for linux use. but since we have a beefy mac, w/ a bit of ram, i figured i’d try this route first.
any input, help, suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.