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  2. MacPorts - Wikipedia

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    If they wish to try a different version of the port, they can deactivate their current version and activate the new one. This does not uninstall the old port since it can easily be activated again from the archived files. [69] [12] When upgrading a port, MacPorts deactivates but does not uninstall the current version as a safety feature.

  3. Linux on Apple devices - Wikipedia

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    The most popular PowerPC emulation tools for Mac OS/Mac OS X are Microsoft's Virtual PC, and the open-source QEMU. [8] Linux dual-booting is achieved by partitioning the boot drive, installing the Yaboot bootloader onto the Linux partition, and selecting that Linux partition as the Startup Disk. This results in users being prompted to select ...

  4. Safe mode - Wikipedia

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    Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software . Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all, problems within an operating system.

  5. List of software package management systems - Wikipedia

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    Mac App Store: Official digital distribution platform for OS X apps. Part of OS X 10.7 and available as an update for OS X 10.6; Fink: A port of dpkg, it is one of the earliest package managers for macOS; Homebrew: Command-Line Interface-based package manager, known for its ease-of-use and extensibility.

  6. APT (software) - Wikipedia

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    GDebi, a GTK-based tool sponsored for Ubuntu. (There is also a Qt version, available in the Ubuntu repositories as gdebi-kde.) apt-cdrom, a way to add a new CDROM to APT's list of available repositories (sources.lists). It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system, it cannot be done by hand.

  7. Multi-booting - Wikipedia

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    In an OS/2 dual-boot configuration, the C drive can contain both DOS and OS/2. The user issues the BOOT command [1] from the DOS or OS/2 command line to do the necessary copy, move and rename operations and then reboot to the specified system on C:. Other systems provide similar mechanisms for alternate systems on the same logical drive.

  8. VirtualBox - Wikipedia

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    Preliminary Mac OS X support (beta stage) was added with VirtualBox 1.4, full support with 1.6. Support for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and earlier was removed with VirtualBox 3.1. [83] [84] Support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) was removed with VirtualBox 4.2. [85] [86] Support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion) was removed with ...

  9. Aurora OS (Eeebuntu) - Wikipedia

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    Eeebuntu 2.0 was the first Eeebuntu version to completely remove Ubuntu branding and use its own artwork and themes. [citation needed] With the expanded interest in Eeebuntu as a distro for numerous netbooks (beyond its namesake Asus Eee PCs), support was expanded to multiple netbooks with new kernel changes and drivers. [citation needed]