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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by saagarjha on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:51AM (#18336992)
You can install Linux in them, just like you can on MacBook Pro. There is an option to disable this feature, though, in the name of verifying the boot process.
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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by danieldk on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:02AM (#18337133)
You can install Linux, if you can accept that a lot of functionality does not work. Even on most MacBook Pro 2016 models audio, suspend/hibernate, and WiFi don't work.

https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux

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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by Dunedan on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:35PM (#18339955)
Well, we don't know for sure that Linux will boot on the new MacBook Air as well, as nobody has tried it yet, but I think it's safe to assume we'll have the same situation as for the MacBook Pro 2018. In addition to the mentioned limitations the MacBook Pro 2018 doesn't even support accessing the SSD from Linux yet. A few seconds after activating the NVMe controller it just reboots, apparently because the T2 chip isn't happy (see https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux/issues/71 for details). Help to figure out what's the issue would be really appreciated!
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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by saagarjha on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:21AM (#18337392)
This has nothing to do with the a T2 chip; that MacBook Pro doesn’t have one.
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Re:Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, To... by Dunedan on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:31PM (#18339890)
The MacBook Pro 2016 and 2017 have a T1 chip, the MacBook Pro 2018 has a T2 chip, the same which debuted in the iMac Pro last year and is now in included in the new MacBook Air as well.

The linked repository covers Linux support for more all MacBook Pro's (and some parts of the 12" MacBook) released since 2016, even though Linux support for the 2018 MacBook Pro is very dire.

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