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Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware:
In a recent post on the Real World Technologies forum—one of the few public internet venues Linux founder Linus Torvalds is known to regularly visit—a user named Paul asked Torvalds, "What do you think of the new Apple laptop?"
If you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, Apple released new versions of the Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, and Mac Mini featuring a brand-new processor—the Apple M1.
The M1 processor is a successor to the A12 and A14 Bionic CPUs used in iPhones and iPads, and pairs the battery and thermal efficiency of ultramobile designs with the high performance needed to compete strongly in the laptop and desktop world.
"I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux," Torvalds replied. "I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new [Macbook] Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS."
[...] In an interview with ZDNet, Torvalds expounded on the problem:
The main problem with the M1 for me is the GPU and other devices around it, because that's likely what would hold me off using it because it wouldn't have any Linux support unless Apple opens up... [that] seems unlikely, but hey, you can always hope.
[...] It's also worth noting that while the M1 is unabashedly great, it's not the final word in desktop or laptop System on Chip designs. Torvalds mentions that, given a choice, he'd prefer more and higher-power cores—which is certainly possible and seems a likely request to be granted soon.
Previously: Apple's New ARM-Based Macs Won't Support Windows Through Boot Camp
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Your New Apple Computer Isn't Yours
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 30 2020, @02:26PM (2 children)
If I dug into VMWare, I might find a little sordid history. You don't have to dig into Microsoft. Their sordid history has been hanging out on the clothesline, for everyone to examine, for more than 30 years. Prior to 1990, you may have had to dig some, but not after 1990. You know, Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, unless you can just buy it up and make it your own, unless you can just bully people into giving you what you demand. Hans Reiser has a cleaner history than Microsoft.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday November 30 2020, @04:00PM
ReiserFS lives!
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Reiser4-Reiser5-For-Linux-5.9 [phoronix.com]
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Reiser5-Logical-Volumes [phoronix.com]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Monday November 30 2020, @04:32PM
Apparently there's a Microsoft fanboi running around here. 'cause, "The Pirates of Silicon Valley" was a very apt name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley [wikipedia.org]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"