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Discussion (8 Comments)Read Original on HackerNews

grigioabout 6 hours ago
Sadly both main ARM platforms (Apple silicon and Qualcomm) are a mine field for Linux
KetoManx64about 5 hours ago
Other than this situation, what other landmines are there? I have an M1 with Asahi Arch Linux that I've been using as my primary laptop for the last 8 months, its my favorite laptop by far out of the 5ish I have.
grigioabout 3 hours ago
does suspend and other hw fully works on it? however it is an old gen computer
WorldPeasabout 5 hours ago
what about the ones from CIX like the orangepi or their framework mainboard? (though I agree, I miss UEFI for all its faults)
grigioabout 3 hours ago
i hope, but i dubt that will be mass produced.. so no economy of scale
Teeverabout 3 hours ago
I wish the EU would regulate this kind of stuff.

A consumer shouldn't be restricted from installing their own OS on a device that they bought, be it a smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, or server.

A company the size of Apple should also be required to release proper documentation that enables the porting of operating systems to these kinds of devices.

The reverse engineering work that the Asahi team did is remarkable but so much of it is ultimately busy work that didn't need to be done if we regulated the consumer electronics market appropriately.

ChrisArchitectabout 4 hours ago
GuestFAUniverseabout 2 hours ago
macOS 27 Golden Cage /s

On the other hand I doubt that's intentional. Even as an avid Apple critic I want to mention that people I trust and are more involved with Asahi, always pointed out that Asahi received the occasional little help from Apple devs where possible (surely, not with official documentation, or confidential infos).

So, I would wait until things had time to calm down and not get too invested with Apple bashing.