Intel-Powered Macs To Boot Linux As Well With 'Triple Boot'

Now here's one piece of interesting news related to the operating systems which can now be installed on Macs: it seems that Apple customers who own an Intel-based Mac computer could now also install Linux, aside from Mac's initially OS X and the recently allowed Windows XP. Do you remember how the whole Boot Camp project originated? If not, let me briefly brush up on the history behind this new remarkable achievement. On the OnMac.net website, a competition was opened to anyone who wanted to make Windows XP run on a Mac. The winner who'd accomplish this would then receive a prize consisting in money raised by donations. And there were indeed two people who managed to accomplish that, known as Narf and Blanka.Since then, Apple decided that the idea was not that bad and, taking into consideration all the implications – both good and bad - that such a move may have, decided to actually release an official tool to allow users to install a copy of Windows XP aside from their Mac OS X. Unlike the method used in the above-mentioned contest, this dual-boot utility would also offer support for drivers, thus making things a lot easier and smoother.In any case, that tool was dubbed Boot Camp and is now available for free download, in beta version, bringing both delight and a few yet unfixed bugs.Well, now the interesting part begins. The same web site hosting the project which initially led to the development of Boot Camp has now published instructions to run another OS on Intel-powered Macs: Linux.