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But you can run your own kernel on Macs, no? Isn‘t driver support the issue?
by t-sauer 7mo ago
But you can run your own kernel on Macs, no? Isn‘t driver support the issue?
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- vbezhenar 7mo agoMaybe Apple Hardware would write Linux drivers to sell their hardware for servers. Intel contributes to Linux kernel. AMD contributes to Linux kernel. Nvidia contributes to Linux kernel. A lot of hardware manufacturers support Linux to some extent. It's no longer reverse-engineered wild west.
- himata4113 7mo agoNot on new silicon and asahi linux is still pretty damn far from being able to use it seriously. I do appreciate the effort, but I am just saying that it would be a lot better if you know, apple sold the hardware so vendors could build laptops with apple silicon.
- CamJN 7mo agoApple literally made step by step instructions for compiling and running your own kernel on Apple silicon. Not sure how you think asahi Linux works otherwise. Sure the drivers are anywhere from bad to non existent but that’s not the same thing as being unable to run your own kernel.
- himata4113 7mo agoThis is news to me, where can I find this? I was under the assumption that most of asahi linux was reverse engineered. It's the reason why they're also stuck on M3? Edit: I can only find 3rd party resources. The only first party is for older macbooks (intel based)
- mort96 7mo agoDriver support is pretty hard when nothing is documented and security features limit reverse engineering. Hardware companies either document their hardware properly, or they write drivers for third party operating systems, or both.