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It absolutely would not surprise me if Apple were running a custom Linux distribution on a range of not publicly available ARM server platforms as part of their
by Tsiklon 4y ago
It absolutely would not surprise me if Apple were running a custom Linux distribution on a range of not publicly available ARM server platforms as part of their development chain. I suspect this is as much for their own benefit as it is for everyone else.
- johnwalkr 4y agoI’m sure this is correct. I’ve seen comments on HN multiple times about what they use Linux for in house. You can tell to some extent just from job postings too.
- samwillis 4y agoSomewhere I read that Apple use Linux (there own internal version) as the first target when developing their silicone, before then targeting macOS once development has progressed to a certain point. I can't find the article now though, surprising hard to google for. EDIT: It was a HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30729731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30729731 "I find it crazy because you know they developed all this hardware with Linux. Just release the darn code." "Apple does bringup with Linux because the silicon team doesn’t necessarily want to deal with getting the Darwin team involved during validation." Worth reading the whole thread, some interesting insights and insider(?) info.