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> Linux is still playing catch-up on getting those usable This is an understatement. It is completely impossible to even attempt to install Linux at all on an
by School-Cotton 10mo ago
> Linux is still playing catch-up on getting those usable
This is an understatement. It is completely impossible to even attempt to install Linux at all on an M3 or M4, and AFAIK there have been no public reports of any progress or anyone working on it. (Maybe there are people working on it, I don’t know).
- snazz 10mo agoIn his talk a few days ago, one of the main Asahi developers (Sven) shared that there is someone working on M3 support. There are screenshots of an M3 machine running Linux and playing DOOM at around 31:34 here: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-asahi-linux-porting-linux-to-apple-silicon https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-asahi-linux-porting-linux-to-app... Sounds like the GPU architecture changed significantly with M3. With M4 and M5, the technique for efficiently reverse-engineering drivers using a hypervisor no longer works.
- School-Cotton 10mo ago> In his talk a few days ago, one of the main Asahi developers (Sven) shared that there is someone working on M3 support. Thanks, I guess I stand corrected. > There are screenshots of an M3 machine running Linux and playing DOOM at around 31:34 here That is encouraging! Still, there is no way for a normal to user to try to install it, unless something changed very recently.