New and Noteworthy: Mac mini running on batteries; Running a tri-boot Linux/Mac OS X system

Mac mini running on batteries Slashdot covers one user's successful attempt to run the Mac mini from rechargeable batteries. "Silas installed rechargeable batteries inside the case, delivering a couple of hours of runtime while retaining the small form factor. Although it runs fine without wires, he had to plug in the monitor to be able to show that it was really up." More.

Running a tri-boot Linux/Mac OS X system Dave Taylor has posted an article detailing the trials and tribulations of turning a perfectly good Apple PowerBook into a tri-boot system with Mac OS X, Yellow Dog Linux and Ubuntu Linux. Taylor writes "Mac OS X is built of two components, Darwin, the BSD-based Unix underpinnings, and Aqua, the beautiful graphical user interface we Mac heads have all grown to love. However, there are other operating systems and other work environments that can be installed on an Apple system, based on popular open source Linux applications. If you?re looking for Intel-based versions of Linux, there are dozens and dozens, but the PowerPC chip cuts those options down quite a bit. I decided it?d be interesting to install the most popular Linux for PowerPC - Yellow Dog 4.0 - and an up and coming Debian-based Linux distro that?s getting quite a bit of buzz in the community: Ubuntu Linux." More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.1, addresses Widget vulnerability
• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) #17: Spotlight performance issues and solutions; more
• DiskWarrior 3.0.3: Clarification on CD formats; Problems booting from burned CD; Some RAID arrays not recognized
• iPhoto 5.0.x: Unwanted changes in images when saving images in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger); more
• Special Report: Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

Resources