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debian/XFCE Virtualbox Guest on a Mac: how to use home and end keys?

So I have a Mac, and rather than boot debian/XFCE directly and have to configure hardware drivers I'm using VirtualBox. This means that my multitouch trackpad works well, and I can jump in and out of ...
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Would installing linux ease my Mac OS problems?

I have a Mac. I'm in college studying physics. Because of this, I would need to compile a lot of C++ libraries (think vtk, gsl, ...). I usually need to patch some Makefiles, compile from source, ...
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Can't get correct screen resolution on MacBook Pro 8,1 running Debian [closed]

I just installed the latest debian (6.0.3) on my MacBook Pro 8,1. My screen resolution is supposed to be 1280x800, but I can't get it higher than 1024x768. I tried using xrandr, but xrandr also tells ...
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Keyboard triggering mouse events on Debian on Macbook

I installed Debian 6 on my Macbook in a dualboot configuration. Everything is working fine, except for the keyboard. As I'm typing, I see the mouse arrow moving a bit and strange things happen, such ...