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It is not clear to me, why they would care much about it. The selling point of Macs is to a large amount macOS. On the other side, at least for now, it is annou
by _ph_ 6y ago
It is not clear to me, why they would care much about it. The selling point of Macs is to a large amount macOS. On the other side, at least for now, it is announced that Apple Silicon hardware only boots into signed operation systems, which currently is only macOS. I would assume, that means there is little chance to run Linux natively on Apple Silicon. On the other side, virtualisation technology is part of macOS, so there should be good support to run Linux inside a virtualized environment. They even showcased Linux during the keynote.
- znpy 6y agowe'll see. for the moment, most people i know complain about poor performances of linux vms in mac os, particularly when running docker (that gets pretty i/o intensive when dealing with images). > at least for now, it is announced that Apple Silicon hardware only boots into signed operation systems this alone already rules out gnu/linux i guess?
- _ph_ 6y agoYes, unless Apple signs some boot loader for Linux, that would rule out Linux booting.
- my123 6y agoSecure Boot can be disabled on Arm macs...
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoIt really depends. After all, there are UEFI x86 systems using secure boot to boot Linux, but there was also Microsoft's vision of ARM (spec outright prohibits user managed keys, and nobody's shipping with anything but Microsoft keys).
- GekkePrutser 6y ago> but there was also Microsoft's vision of ARM (spec outright prohibits user managed keys, and nobody's shipping with anything but Microsoft keys). Indeed. "Microsoft <3 Linux" they say. Right...
- wayneftw 6y agoThe only selling point for many developers is that you need a Mac to compile a program for iOS. Apple would have never gotten any of my money if it weren’t for that.
- _ph_ 6y agoI am a developer owning a Mac and having never written an iOS application in my life. So yes, that you have to have a Mac to do iOS development did add customers to the Mac platform, but there are many more reasons to own a Mac. For the general consumer it is an attractive platform too, as it is still very easy to use and maintenance is minimal.
- vaxman 6y agoI don’t get the “So yes” part. If you develop for non-Apple platforms on a Mac, it is because of X, Y and Z not because you have “never written an iOS application.” As far as a “general consumer,” they had all be using iPad, Dex or Chromebook by now.
- _ph_ 6y agoThe "so yes" refers to the fact, that some of the Macs are bought just for iOS development, but not the majority. I see a lot of people using Macs just as a general computer and a lot of those Macs are laptops of course. I have not even seen a Chromebook used yet and also don't know anyone using an iPad for typical computer work.