Installation Guide for Linux Mint 17 / Ubuntu 14 04 on Mac mini late 2012

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:19:17 +1000

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 based distribution on a Mac (or any EFI based computer) has become very straightforward. If you read my previous guide on getting Ubuntu installed on Mac mini guide and thought it was long and too many things to configure, relax because you only have to run few commands with the latest Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux mint 17 distributions.

Firstly, remember that you can either split your Mac partitions using DiskUtil and have a separate partitions for your Linux or you can wipe the whole disk and have just Linux on your Mac. If you choose to go with the first, then make a partition on your Mac, of at least 10GB for Linux. And remember how much disk space you allocated for this partition as in the Ubuntu/Mint setup, you will have to point to this specific partition.

Installation Guide for Linux Mint / Ubuntu on Apple Mac mini (late 2012)

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UPDATE (29-07-2014) : If you want to install Ubuntu 14.04 or Linux Mint 17 or newer version Please refer to Installation Guide for Linux Mint 17 / Ubuntu 14 04 on Mac mini late 2012

UPDATE (11-06-2014): As of Ubuntu version 14.04, Ubuntu installer supports Macs without going through the following guide. Download the compatible Mac ISO image from Ubuntu site before proceeding.

UPDATE (11-01-2014): I removed Mint and Ubuntu versions used in the title of the article assuming that all Ubuntu based distros will be almost identical in terms of installation and initial configuration steps. I personally upgraded Mint 15 to 16 following the same steps and worked.

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Installation Guide for Linux Mint 17 / Ubuntu 14 04 on Mac mini late 2012

Installation Guide for Linux Mint / Ubuntu on Apple Mac mini (late 2012)