3 ms·

Still no thunderbolt support.

by tunder 1mo ago

MYEUHD 1mo ago
You can contribute support for it
- deleted 1mo ago
  [deleted]
- BowBun 1mo ago
  Indeed, not sure why you are being downvoted. Contribute to open source with the energy you have to call out missing features.
  - basisword 1mo ago
    Because it's a lazy response. OP might not be a software developer. Should they learn complex software engineering to try and contribute or should they call out a missing feature that's important to them so the actual developers have some data on what to prioritise?
    - saghm 1mo ago
      It's no lazier than saying "Still no <feature> support"
      - basisword 1mo ago
        a) that's feedback b) it's useful in a comment thread like this so people can quickly see what the 'caveats' mentioned in the title of the post are
        saghm 1mo ago
        Feedback in a forum stating something the developers are probably well aware people want in a location the developers might not even be reading is not particularly useful feedback. As for the comment thread utility, sure, I guess if you think that not reading the article is valuable for the HN community, but I could just as easily argue that pushing back against comments like that could be seen as valuable for a community that values more thoughtful feedback.
        basisword 1mo ago
        It was valuable for me. I've been waiting for Asahi on M3 and quickly wanted to know what the 'caveat' was. Saved me some time.
        saghm 1mo ago
        You're entitled to your opinion that scrolling to the last comment on the page is preferable to reading the article. I'm also entitled to mine that it's a net loss to the quality of conversation.
  - izacus 1mo ago
    Apple could contribute as well, like Intel does for their Thunderbolt controllers. Why are you demanding a user does that for free instead of the big corp that made the platform?
    - wat10000 1mo ago
      The platform already supports it.
    - Danox 1mo ago
      Did Intel push thunderbolt five hard in PC land? Most of the PC vendors seem to be taking a slow boat to China in that area.
- deleted 1mo ago
  [deleted]
- deleted 1mo ago
  [deleted]
alt227 1mo ago
To be fair this is the thing that is likely to be the most difficult due to it being closed proprietary apple/intel tech.
- bigyabai 1mo ago
  Intel and AMD both support Thunderbolt on Linux, it's not impossible per-se.
  - MBCook 1mo ago
    And it’s not. They’re working on it, I just saw a post about it today. But Intel and AMD post documents to explain how to use their hardware. Apple doesn’t. So it’s not an equivalent effort by any stretch.
skripp11 1mo ago
https://social.treehouse.systems/@sven/117186314116319619 https://social.treehouse.systems/@sven/117186314116319619 Not quite there yet though. No PCI or DisplayPort (latter is working but unstable). But at least they seem to be on it.

Still no thunderbolt support.

by tunder 1mo ago

Still no thunderbolt support.

MYEUHD 1mo ago

You can contribute support for it

deleted 1mo ago
[deleted]
BowBun 1mo ago
Indeed, not sure why you are being downvoted. Contribute to open source with the energy you have to call out missing features.
- basisword 1mo ago
  Because it's a lazy response. OP might not be a software developer. Should they learn complex software engineering to try and contribute or should they call out a missing feature that's important to them so the actual developers have some data on what to prioritise?
  - saghm 1mo ago
    It's no lazier than saying "Still no <feature> support"
    - basisword 1mo ago
      a) that's feedback b) it's useful in a comment thread like this so people can quickly see what the 'caveats' mentioned in the title of the post are
      - saghm 1mo ago
        Feedback in a forum stating something the developers are probably well aware people want in a location the developers might not even be reading is not particularly useful feedback. As for the comment thread utility, sure, I guess if you think that not reading the article is valuable for the HN community, but I could just as easily argue that pushing back against comments like that could be seen as valuable for a community that values more thoughtful feedback.
        basisword 1mo ago
        It was valuable for me. I've been waiting for Asahi on M3 and quickly wanted to know what the 'caveat' was. Saved me some time.
        saghm 1mo ago
        You're entitled to your opinion that scrolling to the last comment on the page is preferable to reading the article. I'm also entitled to mine that it's a net loss to the quality of conversation.
- izacus 1mo ago
  Apple could contribute as well, like Intel does for their Thunderbolt controllers. Why are you demanding a user does that for free instead of the big corp that made the platform?
  - wat10000 1mo ago
    The platform already supports it.
  - Danox 1mo ago
    Did Intel push thunderbolt five hard in PC land? Most of the PC vendors seem to be taking a slow boat to China in that area.
deleted 1mo ago
[deleted]
deleted 1mo ago
[deleted]

alt227 1mo ago

To be fair this is the thing that is likely to be the most difficult due to it being closed proprietary apple/intel tech.

bigyabai 1mo ago
Intel and AMD both support Thunderbolt on Linux, it's not impossible per-se.
- MBCook 1mo ago
  And it’s not. They’re working on it, I just saw a post about it today. But Intel and AMD post documents to explain how to use their hardware. Apple doesn’t. So it’s not an equivalent effort by any stretch.

skripp11 1mo ago

https://social.treehouse.systems/@sven/117186314116319619 https://social.treehouse.systems/@sven/117186314116319619 Not quite there yet though. No PCI or DisplayPort (latter is working but unstable). But at least they seem to be on it.