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It means that you need to find a vulnerability in bootloader and exploit it to break free from Apple secure garden. Linux works on ARM for years, so I'm sure th
by vbezhenar 6y ago
It means that you need to find a vulnerability in bootloader and exploit it to break free from Apple secure garden. Linux works on ARM for years, so I'm sure that it won't be impossible to port it over, but whether enthusiasts will do it or not is another question, as you would need to write drivers for proprietary GPU and storage to make it useful.
- saagarjha 6y agoYou can turn off secure boot.
- vbezhenar 6y agoI don't think so.
- saagarjha 6y agoYou can, there’s a bputil command for it I believe.
- vbezhenar 6y agoHere's WWDC talk claiming that you can't: https://youtu.be/Hg9F1Qjv3iU?t=3772 https://youtu.be/Hg9F1Qjv3iU?t=3772 I'm talking about ARM macs, not Intel ones.
- saagarjha 6y agoThat’s not really what I’d call a “WWDC talk”, but sure, it mentions that Apple won’t provide Boot Camp, and that they are running their OS demos using virtualization. I didn’t see a claim that they won’t let you reduce the boot security.
- vbezhenar 6y ago"We're not direct booting an alternate operating system, it's purely virtualization. Hypervisors can be very efficient, so the need to direct boot shouldn't really be a concern." For me that quote means that they're not allowing booting any alternate operating system and they expect developers to use virtualization if other operating system is needed. I would be happy to be wrong about that.
- saagarjha 6y agoI understood that as "we weren't booting something else in our demos, we were using virtualization" but not "we can't boot anything else". I am sure, however, that they would like you to use virtualization instead of direct booting.