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This is very off topic but, I have no idea where else to ask. We obtained some used Leveno CTO7483 desktop units for experimentation. I had intended to install CentOS-7 on one of them. As they arrived with a vendor upgraded Windows 7ProSP1 install without media I decided to pull the disk drive and install onto a spare drive that I installed. Those of you with any experience with this...

I am using a Leveno M58 (model CTO7483 from 2008) for C6/7 experimentation purposes. The thing has a dual core and ~4Gb RAM with a (newly installed) 500GB HDD. I successfully installed CentOS-6.5-minimal from a freshly burned, and verified, DVD from and ISO image whose SHA has been checked and passed. everything ab...

...el that Ubuntu is a step up from MacOSX. It would be a 'good thing' to be able to distingush MacOSX problems that affect the Apple Intel platform as there are hacks available that will allow you to install MacOSX to other Intel based platforms (I know of one that reports to work with the Leveno X60 series for one.) And for those who think that I'm just a Mac-geek, I've worked with and respect those who use Linux. At the present time, I don't have the time resources to do so. James McKenzie

...untu is a 'good thing'. >> It would be a 'good thing' to be able to distingush MacOSX problems that affect the Apple Intel platform as there are hacks available that will allow you to install MacOSX to other Intel based platforms (I know of one that reports to work with the Leveno X60 series for one.) > >Yes. I've seen it done on several PC's. The hack is to disable OS X's >protection against only running on Apple branded hardware. > It takes more than that as the EFI that Apple uses is not like the BIOS that other PC brands use. >> And for tho...