PsykX
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Don't think they ever will.
It's a sales driver, because current and upcoming Apple Silicon computers are probably the best computers to run Linux.
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Corellium Releases 'Completely Usable' Version of Linux for M1 Macs
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It's a sales driver, because current and upcoming Apple Silicon computers are probably the best computers to run Linux.
CarlJ
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I don't think they're being a snob. The article talks about all the things that don't work yet, so, "barely works" is arguably warranted. And I use Linux all day long, but wouldn't willingly use Linux in preference to macOS for my actual desktop system (on the command line, it's great, I'm ssh'd into a bunch of servers from my Mac). Linux using a Mac Mini as server hardware could be quite reasonable, but on a MacBook, as they mentioned, it's kind of a waste, compared to macOS.
So when can it run Arch? I got a RPi now as a daily driver, would love to switch to M1 powered Arch system instead.
Toutou
macrumors 65816
Linus Torvalds, the author of Linux, did use an Air running Fedora (I believe).
robertcoogan
macrumors 6502a
Nah, next thing you know, they'd be installing replaceable batteries on Apple hardware. Who needs that? 😛
mbnt
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inkhorn
macrumors regular
Wake me up when they actually manage to upstream any of this code into the Linux kernel, until then it’s likely to be unsupported, unmaintained and simply a flex against the developer making an actually supportable Linux effort for the M1s.
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Apple_Robert
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I used Linux years ago. Overall, I liked how well it ran. It was a lean, mean, Linux machine. 😀 Now that I am using Mac, I can't think of a reason why I still need to use Linux.
If people end up being able to dual boot to Linux from the internal, that would be cool to see.
If people end up being able to dual boot to Linux from the internal, that would be cool to see.
Looks like you have to disable security features to boot this thing but the fact that Apple still allows one to disable security is a good sign:
github.com
I really hope Apple eventually allows third party OSes to be trusted by the hardware.
GitHub - corellium/preloader-m1: Preloader for Linux on M1
Preloader for Linux on M1. Contribute to corellium/preloader-m1 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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I really hope Apple eventually allows third party OSes to be trusted by the hardware.
garylapointe
macrumors 68000
You had Ubuntu a month ago.
This is for people who for whatever (usually unconvincing) reason believe that they HAVE to run Linux bare metal and a VM is just not acceptable.
aesc80
macrumors 68020
I was trying to be funny. Obviously I need to either background check my joke or just give up altogether. 😛
Aoligei
macrumors 68000
You gonna have to start somewhere, isn't it.
Maybe someone like the performance of M1 chip but not necessarily like MacOS? Or maybe someone wants to dual boot because for coding purpose?
The mean reason I returned my M1 Mac is concern of lack alternative OS. If Linux can run well on M1 Mac, then I might buy one again.
Aoligei
macrumors 68000
So tell me why Apple not allow me run Android on my iPhone? Apple has put every effort to block alternative OS running on their mobile platform. Maybe Apple will do the same for ARM based Mac?
cmaier
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No they haven’t. If you want to run android on your phone, go ahead. It’s not apple’s job to make it easy for you. The fact that they have a security model to protect the phone, and which, as a bi-product, makes it difficult to change the OS, doesn’t mean they are trying to prevent you from changing the OS.
hot-gril
macrumors 68000
Lots of open-source stuff that is technically available on macOS but not practically. Partially because Ubuntu's package manager is better. Currently I run all that kind of stuff in a headless Linux VM on my Mac. Trying to deal with any of it in macOS is a waste of time.
If you care about video games (I don't), Ubuntu is also better just because of Steam Proton. But since that's CPU architecture specific, it's not as relevant in this discussion. Linux also has broader GPU support, maybe relevant for eGPUs or the coming Mac Pro.
As a daily usage OS, Ubuntu is awful. The GUI is jank. The DE uses more power than the Death Star. Random websites just won't work. Waste of time unless you're doing it for the free software movement, in which case good for you.
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Nice to see the iOS is fare use, Apple was totally wrong claiming copyright, sometimes Apple is right tho in this case totally overstepped the line
hope to see native GPU support soon
hope to see native GPU support soon
cmaier
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Apple has an actual copyright. The court didn’t find otherwise.
ArtOfWarfare
macrumors G3
I can't say I've ever seen something which was available for multiple flavors of Linux but not macOS. As for a package manager, doesn't brew satisfy that?
I'm surprised to hear Linux has better GPU support or might be a better option for games. Seemed to me that games always come to Windows, sometimes to Mac, and virtually never to Linux.
Aoligei
macrumors 68000
You can install Steam for linux and use proton. The fact you can run Cyberpunk 2077 on Linux via proton says something. Good luck run this on any Mac...
Even with as fast as the M1 chip is, GUI rendering in Linux without hardware acceleration is a real pain (X11 isn’t a developer friendly windowing system). Modern distros reliant on things like Compiz would run like a slug (especially since I don’t think M1 Macs support OpenGL, and this version of Linux certainly doesn’t support Metal).