There are options to run Linux temporarily on a Mac, for example, by using Virtual Box. However, if you’re looking for a more permanent solution, you can overwrite your current operating system with the Linux distro of your choice. To install Linux on a Mac, you’ll need a formatted USB flash drive with storage up to 8GB.
Second, you absolutely can install Linux just fine on a Mac. I have run Linux on a Virtual Machine that was running on a Mac (VMWare Fusion runs well on Mac. Virtual. Box is free and works poorly in my experience.) But I think you mean installing Linux to run natively on Mac. You can do that too. Macs run Intel architecture the same as PCs.
The Mac is one of the most reliable computing platforms available, and can make a great platform for not only running the Mac OS, such as the current mac. OS Sierra, but also Windows and Linux. In fact, the Mac. Book Pro is a very popular platform for running Linux.
We linux can be installed directly on Mac hardware, in a dual boot configuration with mac. OS (where you choose which OS to use when start), you can boot Linux from USB storage, and you can install Linux in a VM and run it concurrently with mac, and os.
Is Mac OS a Linux distro?
, mac OS is a Unix-like Operating System so many of the features in Linux distros are similar to those that it offers. That notwithstanding, because it is Unix-like does not mean that it is Linux and for one reason or the other you may want to run a full-fledged OS. Here are the best Linux distros you can install on your mac.
Another frequently asked question is “Why install Ubuntu on your Mac?”.
There are plenty of reasons for having Ubuntu run on a Mac, including the ability to broaden your technology chops, learn about a different OS, and run one or more OS-specific apps. You may be a Linux developer and realize that the Mac is the best platform to use, or you may simply want to try out Ubuntu.
How to run Linux and Mac OS-X on the same computer?
The third way is to set up LINUX under Bootcamp and this will allow you to install LINUX and run both LINUX and Mac OS-X at the same time on the same computer. The Bootcamp approach will allow your LINUX OS and its LINUX based apps to cross communicate with your Mac OS-X and Mac OS-X based apps.
One source proposed this means that your Mac computer will automatically boot up the LINUX operating system. The second way is to set up your Mac computer as a duel boot machine and each time you boot the machine it will ask which operating system you want to boot (Mac OS-X or LINUX).
Plug the bootable Linux USB drive into your Mac. Turn on your Mac while holding down the Option key. You will then see the boot manager with a list of available devices you can boot from. Select your USB stick and hit enter. This will be named EFI boot or EFI drive. Then select Install from the GRUB menu. You can also select Try Without Installing.