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by l1k 10y ago
Yes, but as stated in the article only on macOS or Linux on non-Macs. Not with Linux on Macs unfortunately. Someone needs to scrutinize the Intel-developed code for non-Macs, figure out how to port it to Andreas Noever's driver, and fi
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by l1k 10y ago
First of all, macOS power manages devices too aggressively: I've noticed that if I ssh from another computer into my MacBook Pro (booted into macOS and connected to wired Ethernet), the connection becomes unresponsive after a few secon
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by l1k 10y ago
Let's say you're a penetration tester, you're on-site trying to break into a network, have no Internet connectivity (e.g. because you're in a shielded data center or don't want to raise suspicion) and need to crack
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by l1k 10y ago
Personally I've been using fink for >12 years now, I enjoy being able to use the familiar apt-get and dpkg to manage packages on macOS: http://finkproject.org/ I even backported the then-current version to MacOS X 1
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by l1k 10y ago
There was a thread on dri-devel a year ago: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-Octobe... Back then the probed panel resolution (EDID retrieved by radeon) was 3840x2160, which doesn't make a
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by l1k 10y ago
Well, it turns out there are folks who like Apple's form language but can't get (all of) their work done on macOS or don't want to use it for some reason. So there's a target audience for Linux on the Mac. I'm not s
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by l1k 10y ago
Author here. As explained in the intro, folks like antirez are considering moving back to Linux and in his linked HN comment he specifically talks about trying Linux on the MacBook he's currently using to see where he's headed. Th