Hi there!
I just buy a new Macbook Black 2.2ghz, the new model that look just like the previous version but with completely different hardware inside!
The new Macbook now use the intel santa rosa plateform.
Basicly that mean some extra performance but also the its going to be a pain to run linux on it!
If you plan to buy a new macbook you shoud think about getting a previous-gen rebuild unless you are brave like me LOL... less expensive with a more linux friend hardware. On the long run i guess that the hardware support for the plateform is going to be better but the broadcom wifi chipset is not going to run fine anytime soon without ndiswapper..
So here is my try with the macbook elive-cd:
X11 don't want to run, the new Intel x1300 have serval issue with linux and the pre-config (gma 950?) driver don't work well with this card.
then, when you get to the terminal... the apple touchpad driver spam.
On my debian install here is what i did:
Seem like the new apple touchpad is not compatible with the old driver.. there is a kernel patch floating around that somewhat fix that (and the FN key) but then, the xorg.conf configuration don't work well.. i'm not sure what's going here but the touchpad dont work well LOL
Wifi work with ndiswrapper... find a "broadcom 4328" windows driver and load it the usual way! the bcm43xx native driver dont suport 4328 right now.. but mac are popular we may expect... on day.. maybe a driver (with injection please!!)
there is a sound detection trouble with the kernel but its supported.. sound is not important for me under linux but its easy to fix. I'm just going to wait for a corrected kernel instead. (I'm so lazy!!)
any of you around have tried to run E17 with under the native osx kernel? here macports dont want to compile... there is any tutorial and\or pre-compiled e17 for darwin?
ohh btw, thx for this AMAZING project!! the best E distro around! Merci beaucoup j'adore!