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Apple also left a very convenient hole in their boot loader to allow running another OS. Linux works pretty well these days
by superb_dev 2y ago
Apple also left a very convenient hole in their boot loader to allow running another OS. Linux works pretty well these days
- schaefer 2y ago* on M1 and M2 variants.
- duskwuff 2y agoThe bootloader supports third-party operating systems on M3/M4 as well. Linux support just isn't there yet.
- superb_dev 2y agoJust to clarify, Asahi Linux is working on M3/M4 support. As far as I can tell nothing changed in the boot loader that makes this work more difficult, it just takes time to add the new hardware. https://git.sudo.is/mirrors/AsahiLinux-docs/wiki/M3-Series-Feature-Support https://git.sudo.is/mirrors/AsahiLinux-docs/wiki/M3-Series-F...
- bogantech 2y ago* As long as you don't want to use any external displays
- weikju 2y agoWorks with devices with HDMI ports
- nsonha 2y agoReally? I got a bunch of error upgrading my Arch-based Asahi and now chromium doesn't work anymore. Oh and no external display, or speaker.
- pjerem 2y agoYou mean you have bugs on a system that isn’t announced as production ready yet ? I tested Asahi and I genuinely love it and I’ll probably be happy to use it as my daily driver as soon as it will be mature enough. And I’m impressed by how it works well (outside of what still doesn’t work at all). But buying a Mac ARM hopping to run Linux on it today without issue is just a wrong move. Just buy a classic PC if you want to be productive on Linux today. I’m pretty confident it will happen though since the team itself looks pretty confident about supporting what is currently missing and in the past, achieved more than I hoped.