Hello,
Since a few weeks I am using Gentoo Linux.
I have used Debian for something like 12 years and now decided to
switch. So far I really enjoy the learning experience with Gentoo.
Up to know I have it only installed on an old Notebook, to play around
with it.
However I use it way too seldom and thus want to install it on my main
machine which is MacbookPro Retina.
I read the Gentoo wiki article and several blog posts, however some
instructions heavily differ, and I am not sure if the wiki is up to
date. There seem to be minor problems but maybe they already have been
fixed.
No idea whether battery life, backlight usage, wifi and such things work
properly. And I have heart that the high resolution causes some
problems, but I dont understand why exactly. I would very much
appreciate if someone could explain the _why_ to me :-)
So I wonder if someone here has some experience, and could tell me what
works and what doesn't.
Furthermore I would greatly appreciate all kinds of advice and hints
before I try to install it myself, maybe someone even can share his
kernel config and other important config files which will make the
Macbook usable. As a start for me to customize it more to my needs.
Finally some information about my model.
Name: MacbookPro Retina 15 inch mid 2012
Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Model Number: A1398
Intel i7
dmesg: http://bpaste.net/show/xjfOdm8fRiL4QRNFw2pO/
lsmod: http://bpaste.net/show/6zwQsWDpRPkO2pJyaF5K/
lspci: http://bpaste.net/show/gik2ckJL3EiE7T2hGraO/
lsusb: http://bpaste.net/show/xTPd9BScPXlWOdKl7jcU/
Maybe I should add that I use a USB-To-Ethernet adapter from
CableMatters which uses ASIX AX88179.
I already booted succesfully with SystemRescueCD, from which I read
lsmod and the other commands. Afterwards I installed refind UEFI
bootloader, since many people seem to use it, but I am not sure whether
it's better than Grub.
And I have heard that because it's UEFI I need to use GPT partition tables.
My primary goal is to get Gentoo running on this machine, so I can use
it everyday and learn more about it on the go. However I also would
appreciate every background information about configuring it, what
problems can occur and why, to understand the whole matter.
Thanks in advance
regards
Michael
PS: I might not be able to check mails (and thus reply) until next Tuesday..
