Update: In this post I talk about how to setup an Ubuntu virtual machine on a mac.
I recently setup up ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a new 2015 MacBook Pro and it was no mean task.
- Firstly if disk encryption is enabled (you might have turned it on during setup), you will have to disable it. Reboot your machine and press Cmd+R, this will take you into a special boot mode. Run Disk Utility and disable disk encryption.
- Then follow the instructions here to install dual boot ubuntu.
- Once that is done the next important step is to upgrade to the latest kernel (at the time of writing this, I upgraded my linux kernel to 4.3), follow the instructions here. Upgrading the kernel gets you the latest drivers which are needed on the macbook. Wifi, trackpad should now be working.
- Fix the keyboard mapping. create a file .Xmodmap in your home directory (~/.Xmodmap). Then add the following content to it.
clear control
clear mod4
keycode 105 =
keycode 206 =
keycode 133 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
keycode 134 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R
keycode 37 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
add control = Control_L
add control = Control_R
pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Now create a file in ~/.config/autostart by the name xmodmap.desktop, in that file paste the following: xmodmap /your home directory full path/.Xmodmap