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If you want to stay stay with free tools and mount ssh shares on OSX MacFusion is the tool of choice. However for me MacFusion quits with an error "Failed to mount" and the log revealed: (SSHServerFS, phy303.uni-regensburg.de, 29.06.11 19:27) /Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) link error; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8). This is a bug in the current MacFuse version (2.0.3). The solution is to install the NTFS-3G Project's MacFuse binaries at tuxera.com Thanks to Jacobs UNIblog

Want to use your favorite operating system of your favorite laptop? The 2011 Macbook Pro uses a Broadcom 4331 chipset for which there exists no driver at this point. And according to the Ubuntu forums NDISwrapper does not work either. However Broadcom states that: "We have plans to support the BCM4331, and other new chips, with the brcmsmac driver. I don't have an ETA, but new chip support is the first thing on the priority list after getting the brcmsmac driver out of staging." Also there are also community efforts to create a driver and today one kernel-hacker told me: "Hey, the work has just started and its really hard as we don't have ANY specs. Everything I write is from dumps without knowing real stuct of the driver. There is a lot if guessing, starring at the dumps and trying to find a relation with specs for older cards. I'm on vacations right more, I expect to perform first tests in 2-4 weeks, do then ill be able to tell you more." So all one