MSI Wind runs OS X better than Ubuntu

An Insanely Mac Forum member by the name of JAV got his hands on an MSI Wind, and one of the first things he did was install a hacked version of OS X 10.5.2 on it. And for the most part, it worked right away. The WiFi card isn’t working yet, but Ethernet and Bluetooth work out of the box.

Installing OS X on non-Mac hardware is a violation of Apple’s licensing terms. But it’s interesting to see that it’s easier to install the Mac operating system on unsupported hardware than it is to install the open source Ubuntu Linux distribution. At least for now. As CrunchGear and other sites have pointed out, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron hangs when you try installing it on an MSI Wind notebook.

I suspect this is a temporary issue, as Canonical is currently working on Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a custom version of Ubuntu optimized for devices with small screens and Intel Atom CPUs. While MSI will eventually offer a Linux version of the Wind notebook, it will be running SUSE, not Ubuntu. But I suspect the Ubuntu/netbook hacking community will figure out a way to get Ubuntu up and running soon after the laptop is released.

[via Gizmodo]