and special-case uses. I don't remember much about dependency hell from way back in the day, but some of the stories I find could be told during Halloween! :P I've done it twice successfully. The trick is that Macs limit the number of partitions, so instead of setting up a swap partition, you set up a swap file instead. This is especially true of Santa Rosa era Macbooks. I'd also recommend that if you do install Linux on a Mac, you install rEFIt as a boot loader ( http://refit.sourceforge.net/ ) Do you really need to install Linux on Macs. It is already based on BSD. Just install what you need from BSD resources using mac console commands. I installed mc and it was very nice to have it, Frank ScanMan July 16, 2012 It is a fun ride and a great learning curve. There's lots of information out there on the net. Recently I stumbled upon this site which toolkit handles lots of repetitive actions; Build GNU/Linux System Architect Toolkit -- http://www.happy-monkey.net/architect/ It's cool check it out :) I agree. It's sort of like having a bit of a go without having to get right into the guts of it. However, everyone has to start somewhere, and for a lot of people, starting with a success gives them the confidence to push further next time (LFS?). One nice thing about SuseStudio is how you can hover the add-ons to read exactly what it is before adding. That gives new folks