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How did that Inspiron get its Linux support? Principally it was from hard working hackers reverse engineering the components and getting drivers working through
by simonh 5y ago
How did that Inspiron get its Linux support? Principally it was from hard working hackers reverse engineering the components and getting drivers working through painstaking dev test work. Dell then built a machine with hardware they knew worked thanks to all that effort and slapped a “Works with Ubuntu” sticker on it. That’s the sad reality. The idea that the PC platform and it’s peripherals are somehow an open platform paradise is a delusion.
- reacharavindh 5y agoExactly. It may actually be in Apple's interest to not actively hinder the hacker community from doing wonders with Apple hardware. After all, a successful ecosystem there will lead to more purchases from Apple!
- simonh 5y agoIn fact the Asahi team has said Apple has done a lot of engineering work making sure M1 can and does support third party OSes. They're not directly contributing to or assisting those projects, but the characterisation that they are actively obstructing them seems false, according to those projects themselves.