Yes that is what I meant
Is it the same as running OS X on VMware on my windows machine?

is it easier to nattively install linux on intel macs or is it easier to install linux using bootcamp?

Get a mac. They are really secure (especially with filevault activated)
(Filevault is sooooooo secure! Not even the gov. can bypass it without the user name and password.) Get a mac! Here's why: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Seems like they would be just as easy considering you are using intel macs in both scenarios. I would go with bootcamp. It sounds easier

i dont own a mac. was just wondering
i suppsoe bootcamp is easier for linux as therees not so much need to worry about EFI

1) I have complete confidence that the Government can break ino FileVault.

yeah apparently the NSA have this supercomputer that can break any encryption in hardly any time at all

That is also technically illegal. I don't know if you know of the PearPC project, but they've gotten threats from Apple, although they haven't been shut down yet, so I don't know the exact legal implications there.

Boot Camp is only for running Windows on a Mac. It's not useful for installing Linux on a Mac because:

• Boot Camp splits the OS X partition and creates a FAT32 partition. Linux is practically useless on a FAT32 partition.
• Boot Camp doesn't provide any of the drivers for Linux that it does for Windows.
• It doesn't even do anything, because 90% of Boot Camp is what it installs on Windows to make everything work. In fact, the hardest part (booting and installing Windows) isn't even contained in the Boot Camp package; it's the firmware and OS X updates that allow that to happen.

EFI isn't a complex issue if you first install rEFIt on your Mac before you install Linux. It's basically a little utility that allows you to choose which operating system you would like to boot at startup time (this even includes Windows or any bootable CDs you happen to have in the drive). rEFIt takes care of all the messy EFI stuff.

It even creates a Master Boot Record, which it then reads when you start up your computer. In this way, you can install GRUB or LILO in normal fashion to the MBR and rEFIt will recognize it.

I know I'm getting even further off-topic, but here are some links I have collected over time when using Linux on a Mac:

Debian Wiki
Mactel-Linux
Gentoo Wiki
Desrt

In short... I prefer a PC for using Linux.

Hope this helps

thanks for clearing that up

Ive just noticed that your avatar looks exactly like the icon for kerry beagle in KDE

Heh, I never noticed. :cheesy:

http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/e...Kerry-icon.png