Has anyone install Ubuntu with dual boot ?

Does anyone has any experience installing Ubuntu on Macbook Air with needing to repartition the hard disk ?
Thanks

That's too bad because I just want to play around
with Linux. Guess I'll install it on my Windows box
instead.
As mentioned by ajr650, another option is to try the virtualization route with Parallels. There are threads on the Parallels Desktop for Mac support forum that describe how to get various flavors of Linux up and running in a Parallels VM - including some pre-made turnkey images that various users have created (check out this thread there).
Nice thing, too, is if you decide you don't like it or want to start over, just trash the file that represents the virtual hard disk and you've got your space back.
Intel Mini 1.66 GHz, Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Vista RC2 and XP sp2 running under Parallels

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