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...and is probably one of the least libre* computer I've seen in the 21th century, too. Before that, Linux can't run on MacBooks, and after a few years of deve
by stevefan1999 6y ago
...and is probably one of the least libre* computer I've seen in the 21th century, too.
Before that, Linux can't run on MacBooks, and after a few years of development it's just barely working, now this thing.
This is never going to be Desktop Linux compatible. Even Linus claimed he would like to but the effort is tremendous.
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I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. I have fairly fond memories of the 11" Macbook Air (I think 4,1) that I used about a decade ago (but moved away from because it took Apple too long to fix the screen - and by the time they did, I'd moved on to better laptops, and Apple had moved on to make Linux less convenient).
Apple may run Linux in their cloud, but their laptops don't ;(
I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS. And I don't have the time to tinker with it, or the inclination to fight companies that don't want to help.
Linus
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Maybe you can run just some more productivity apps by sacrificing your freedom to be kept captive by Apple. But this also means your machine isn't entirely yours.
*: used liberal here. I don't know what's the exactly word to use but it turns out there are people so sensitive to politics and thought the otherwise.
- paddim8 6y agoActually, Linux might actually run quite well on it soon. https://asahilinux.org/ https://asahilinux.org/
- Lammy 6y agoLooks like it "might" "soon" start booting a kernel: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Project-status https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Project-status
- christkv 6y agoIt will take some time to get a GPU driver I imagine
- mhh__ 6y ago> Might Ignoring that it's completely up to apple whether this exists in a years time, reverse engineering an entire SOC is really fucking hard. ARM isn't like x86, you basically can't assume anything. The GPU may be completely off limits for years, for example, unless they somehow (this isn't impossible) make a blob out of Apple's actual drivers.
- valuearb 6y agoNow our politics are determined by what computer we own?
- artiszt 6y agogood to know that one really does own Windows 10 [crippled] machines
- stevefan1999 6y agoI do. I have a Yoga 530. While the motherboard is highly integrated I can at least replace my own RAM, my own NVME drive and my own OS. You can't do all these with a MacBook. You can argue that the NVME drive is somewhat able to upgrade, but even that there will be some cautions ahead.