Some in-depth tutorials about how to install and dual boot Linux and OS X on a Mac can be found on the Internet, as well as detailed instructions on how to remove Linux from your Mac. Now, installing Linux alongside OS X is not that easy and requires you to get your hands a bit dirtier, which means that you will have to install a third-party bootloader, such as rEFInd, make a special partition for the Linux OS, create a bootable USB stick, and attempt to install Linux on your Mac. Some of you Mac owners might know that there's an utility installed on the Mac OS X operating system, called Boot Camp, which helps you install a Microsoft Windows operating system alongside OS X, allowing you to switch between the two OSes at boot. Of course, if you're a gamer and want to use Linux, then you will need a computer with a powerful graphics card, such as those from Nvidia or AMD, so you will have to invest more on your Linux computer.

However, if you want to install Linux on a computer (laptop or desktop), my suggestion is to buy a cheap one that does not come with an operating system and it is powered by an Intel CPU with integrated graphics card, so you won't encounter any issues. If you're a skilled hacker who wants to benefit from the great hardware included by Apple in a Mac computer, then I might understand the need to install a GNU/Linux distribution, as you will have full access to its core and you can optimize it for the respective hardware. I mean, who spends so much money on a computer that already has a great, beautiful, powerful, stable, secure, BSD-based operating system, which after all is still UNIX, to later install Linux or Windows? I don't own a MacBook, but some of my friends do, so I had the opportunity to install several Linux distributions, and even a Microsoft Windows operating system, on such an expensive computer, but I never understood why. Lately, I found myself being asked by many of my readers, as well as some of my friends, if it's worth installing Linux on their Mac, so I decided to write this editorial and explain the situation from my point of view.

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