Installing ubuntu 13.04 on mac?

I installed windows 8 (64bit) beside OSX (10.8.3) thorugh BootCamp 5. i want to install ubuntu 13.04 beside my OSX and Windows. Can anyone give me some help how can i do it?

They all perform similarly... they've all had years to mature at this point. It's more about refinement and "bells and whistles". I prefer VirtualBox primarily because it is free and fully functional. The good thing is that when it gets updated, you can get the latest version without having to pay for an upgrade. I also use it on quite a few machines... Macs and PCs. I don't want to have to worry about licensing multiple machines for a pay product. I will usually recommend that someone try VirtualBox to see if it will meet their needs. It's free, so no harm done if you don't like it. Parallels and Fusion are great products and offer some more features with respect to integration with the host OS. I'm personally not a big fan of that, but that's more of a preference on my part.

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Google "install ubuntu on mac" and you'll get lots of help.

Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on Mac OS X

I currently have an Intel MacBook from Apple's 2008 range, which runs Mac OS X. Around about a week ago I used the 'BootCamp Assistant for Windows' software on my Mac in order to install Ubuntu. I got quite far in the process, then it informed me that it was unable to complete and that I have to reformat the disc.
Therefore I had my chance last night. I reformatted the disc and installed a fresh copy of OS X onto it. However it's only just occured to my that I was using 'bootcamp for WINDOWS' to install it, is this correct?
Question: If you're got experienced with installing Ubuntu on a Mac, could you please link me to any documentation you found useful or any particular methodology you used, as I'm not too sure where to start.

Templeton Peck wrote:
and the first link that comes up, which includes step by step instructions doesn't help?
http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/linuxonmac.shtml
Or maybe even the second link?
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/07/how-to-set-up-ubuntu-linux-on-a-mac-its-easy-and- free/
Those links only show how to run Ubuntu under virtualization. They are not helpful in setting up a dual booting macbook, which it seems what the original poster is asking how to do.
These links might be helpful:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook
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Tutorial: how to install ubuntu on new alu macs.

Okay, to install the most popular distro. of linux, ubuntu, you must first go to the site and download a live CD (this is the type of installer i will be using on this tutorial). Now after the download is done, go to disk utilities and burn the img to a CD-R. Put the CD somewhere safe for now. Now go to the bootcamp assistant app and make a partition, at least 20 gigs should do. now after that is done, dont click install windows now, click on install later. Okay, now for installing...
1. put the cd in the computer.
2. restart and hold down the option key at startup (before apple logo)
3. select windows (it says windows because that is the only approved OS to run with macOS)
4. select language and then select install ubuntu.
5. follow the simple instructions until it gets to the part where you need to partition your drive.
6. select manually partition (the last option)
7. delete the 20Gig FAT32 partition (should be near bottom)
8. now with the free space, create a 3000mb swap area partition.
9. after that, make a 1000mb ext3 (the first option) and then under mount options, make it a /home partition.
10. for the final step, make the rest of the free space a ext3 but under the mount options, this time just select the "/". now your done, click install and fill out your personal info and you should be good.
11. have it restart and when it's shutting down, it should spit out the disk.
12. once it is restarting, hold down the option key again and insert the disk once the macOS HD icon comes up. the disk should appear next to it and be labeled windows.
13. select the cd and when the menu for the cd comes up again, go to the last option where it says "boot up from first drive" or something like that (sorry, im typing this off of memory).
14. you will need to update everything, but besides that, you should be golden. as far as i know, you have to insert the cd every time, i dont know how to get it to work with out the cd, sorry. (please inform me if someone knows how)
hope this helped!

Take e look at this thread
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/How-to-install-Linux-on-UEFI-systems-where-GRUB-fail-to...
I'm just a volunteer. I like to help others where I can. Do my ideas work? I hope so. o_O
Who helped you today? Do not forget to thank him.
My hardware: TP x120e 0596-2ru. Windows 7, sp1, 64Bit, English, installed in UEFI mode.

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Ubuntu 10.04 sever (getting a mac in a few months)
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You can test it out in a VM (free, VirtualBox) and OS X has had boot support for Ext2/3 in there. You could run Ubuntu on its own hard drive.
Don't know Ubuntu server, tried the client, and played around with SuSE 10.
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How do I install Ubuntu on Mac?

I was wondering about Ubuntu and learning more about it.
I used Boot Camp once to install Windows 7 Ultimate, but I wasn't satisfied with Windows 7, so I removed it. I thought Windows 7 was really boring and I missed many of the games included with XP that were excluded.
So how do you install Ubuntu on a Mac?
I've heard of using virtual software to install Ubuntu, but is it possible to install Ubuntu via Boot Camp?
Here's my system info:
15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz (Mid-2009)
Mac OS X v10.6.7 Snow Leopard
Let me know what I need to get started

Hi,
the Ubuntu community has a very good place to start here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook
Nonetheless I would propose to start with the free VirtualBox as install/use Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine.
If you don't like it it is easier to remove...
Regards
Stefan

I destroyed mac while installing ubuntu. Id like to get mac back, please help?

I was curious about linux so i installed ubuntu and accidentally destroyed my mac partition. Id like to get mac back, please help!!! I have the snow leopard install dvd but it causes kernel panics. And i obviously cant download lion from the app store because i am using ubuntu.
I am using a mbp 8,1 early 2011. Please help!!

I read your post as indicating you wiped the OS X partition from the disk.
If that is the case then, given the date of the machine I don't think you have network recovery, you should check to see if the Recovery partition is still on the disk (depends on how you wiped out the OS X stuff when you installed Ubuntu) by doing as Thomas said hold command R while starting up.
If the recovery partition is still there you're home free, just follow the screen prompts. If it is not there then the only recourse you have is to get it to boot off the original SL install disks. At what point during the boot procedure with the SL disks does the machine panic? And as was asked above, these are the SL disks that shipped with your machine?
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regards

Installing Ubuntu 10.4.1 alongside Mac OS X 10.6.4 Problem

I'm not sure where a posting like SHOULD have gone but this seemed
the place it might get the most attention, and that's why I posted it
here. I hope it doesn't offend anybody.
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation
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Sorry this isn't an answer to your question, but installing Ubuntu within VMware Fusion is a lot safer and easier... If you don't need Ubuntu for uncompromised audio/video input or output, there really isn't a disadvantage, and being able to run both OS X and Ubuntu side-by-side has its advantages.

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350 Mgz, Blue and White G3:
I installed UBuntu, then decided to re-install Mac 10.0.4 and wipe Linux off. After deciding to go back to OS X, during the install process of 10.0.4 from the disk, when time to choose which HD to install it on, it will not recognize the HD that Linux is on, it only shows up with the OS X CD, and it is grey out...
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Hello and Welcome back to Discussions.
Frankly it's a complete waste of time to go installing 10.0.4; it's nothing more than a beta and very little actually works on it well.
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Hi everyone, I hope you can help me with this:
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The problem with installing Linux is all the Mac issues need to be worked out and people who are more geeky need to do this. Well there isn't a whole lot of Mac > Linux users that technical with newer hardware.
So the object is to install Linux with older proven methods with a older version like 10.10 and then UPGRADE to 11.04 afterwards from within Linux.
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2: Follow these directions for the partition scheme and installation of rEFIt a EFI based "program" to give you a bootloader to select which operating system you want to use, it's the easiest way as Apple's bootcamp won't help you with a Linux install (note you might not be able to make more than one partition while booted from the OS X on the boot drive, thus the c boot off the Snow Leopard install disk like I mentioned above, so backup your DATA!)
http://lifehacker.com/5531037/how-to-triple+boot-your-mac-with-windows-and-linux -no-boot-camp-required
Your going to need to consult this Ubuntu wiki page for your Mac model and any addiitonal steps. Getting drivers is the hardest part.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MactelSupportTeam/CommunityHelpPages
Download page for Ubuntu 10.10
http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/
Once you get 10.10 upgraded to 11.04 and your Hardware Drivers updated for your video card etc., upon rebooting your 11.04 may drop back into "Classic mode" without the "Unity 3D" effects.
You can install the Unity 2D effects instead.
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/unity-2d-qt-now-available-in-ppa-for.html
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type mac-boot to boot or type just boot.
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