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Apple's T2 Security Chip Prevents Linux From Installing on New Macs

posted by chromas on Monday November 12 2018, @02:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the apple-is-now-dead-to-me dept.

Subsentient writes:

Apple's MacBook Pro laptops have become increasingly unfriendly with Linux in recent years [...] But now with the latest Mac Mini systems employing Apple's T2 security chip, they too are likely to crush any Linux dreams.

At least until further notice, these new Apple systems sporting the T2 chip will not be able to boot Linux operating systems.

[...] By default, Microsoft Windows isn't even bootable on the new Apple systems until enabling support for Windows via the Boot Camp Assistant macOS software.

From Phoronix.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Monday November 12 2018, @02:08PM (3 children)

    by Pino P (4721) on Monday November 12 2018, @02:08PM (#760909) Journal

    what kind of Linux user is going to buy a Mac anyway?

    The kind who has been hired* to port a Linux application to a Mac or vice versa. The upside of buying a Mac to run Linux is that a developer can use the same hardware to test the versions of an application for macOS, glibc/Linux, and musl/Linux platforms. This is especially true if the developer is trying to reach users who deliberately avoid using web applications, such as many who post comments to SoylentNews.

    * Or self-employed. Many micro-ISVs run very lean.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday November 12 2018, @02:52PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday November 12 2018, @02:52PM (#760915) Homepage Journal

    Fair nuff. I was speaking primarily for personal use boxen though.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12 2018, @05:52PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12 2018, @05:52PM (#760984)

    what kind of linux user would allow themselves to be hired to port linux software to a slaveOS? shame! SHAME! :)