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Geeky Gadgets 2:28 pm If you have been hoping to run Linux on your new Apple M1 Silicon powered laptop or mini Mac system you may be interested in an article published to the Asahi Linux website detailing the complexities of running Linux on the Apple Silicon. “Apple Silicon Macs boot in a completely different way from PCs. The way they work is more akin to embedded platforms (like Android phones, or, of course, iOS devices), but with quite a few bespoke mechanisms thrown in. However, Apple has taken a few steps to make this boot process feel closer to that of an Intel Mac, so there has bee...

Open-Source Team Describes the Difficulties to Port Linux on M1 Macs Mar 15, 2021 10:54 EDT Apple introduced the M1-powered Macs last year and the machines received a pretty good rating overall. To be exact, the M1 series flaunted enhanced performance and battery life. While the industry is yet to follow Apple's footsteps. Apart from software support, developers around the world are working to take advantage of the Apple Silicon. The crowdfunding Asahi Linux project published a new progress report that shares details on the complexities of port Linux on M1 Macs. There are Certain Complex...

Open source project shows Apple has done some funky stuff with M1 Matthew Hughes Sat 13 Mar 2021 // 15:20 UTC Share Copy The Asahi Linux project has published the first progress report detailing its effort to port Linux to the Apple Silicon platform. The lengthy blog post describes in extensive detail the challenges faced by the project in understanding how Apple’s home-grown proprietary chippery works on a fundamental level, as well as the circumventing the various non-standard quirks that limit the ability to boot third-party operating systems. The report, written ...

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Why would that be so hard you ask? Doesn't Linux run on almost every processor in the world from 80386s to IBM s390x to SPARC? Hasn't Linux been running on the ARM family since 1995? Yes and yes. But, in earlier cases, Linux developers had access to the chip's firmware, microcode, and documentation. That's not the case with the M1. Torvalds would love to run Linux on these next-generation Macs. "I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS. And I don't have the time to tinker with it, or the inclination to figh...