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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 Immerman on Monday November 12 2018, @05:04PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Monday November 12 2018, @05:04PM (#760966)

    Having spent a couple months trying to use Linux under a VM on MacOS, I gave up. It ran fine, but between two OSes and a VM, the hotkey conflicts and other UI glitches were interminable. It'd be great if I wanted to run MacOS and a few Linux programs, but I wanted to run Linux and a few MacOS programs, and was lured by the promise of three-finger-swiping between OSes (that part worked beautifully). So the plan is now to install Linux natively and try to get MacOS running in a VM. I've heard it can be done, we'll see if Fusion360 cooperates.

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