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Ah, if we can have the hardware and the freedom of installing a good Linux repo on top of it. How is Asahi? Is it good enough? I assume, that since Asahi is foc
by ferguess_k 2y ago
Ah, if we can have the hardware and the freedom of installing a good Linux repo on top of it. How is Asahi? Is it good enough? I assume, that since Asahi is focused on Apple hardware, it should have an easier time figuring out drivers and etc?
- bigyabai 2y ago> How is Asahi? For M3 and M4 machines, hardware support is pretty derilict: https://asahilinux.org/docs/M3-Series-Feature-Support/ https://asahilinux.org/docs/M3-Series-Feature-Support/
- ferguess_k 2y agoThanks, looks like even M1 support has some gaps: https://asahilinux.org/docs/M1-Series-Feature-Support/#table-of-contents https://asahilinux.org/docs/M1-Series-Feature-Support/#table... I assume anything that doesn't have "linux-asahi" is not supported -- or any WIP is not supported. Wish I had the skills to help them. Targeting just one set of architecture, I think Asahi has more chances of success.
- bigyabai 2y agoIt's just not an easy task. I can't help but compare it to the Nouveau project spending years of effort to reverse-engineer just a few GPU designs. Then Nvidia changed their software and hardware architecture, and things went from "relatively hopeful" to "there is no chance" overnight.
- ferguess_k 2y agoI agree, it's a lot of work, plus Apple definitely is not not going to help with the project. Maybe an alternative is something like Framework -- find some good enough hardware and support it.