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Re:Linus Torvalds on the new MacBook Air by yodon on Sunday November 22, 2020 @03:33PM (#25180797)
You can run and boot Linux on both macs[0] and pc's[1] and have been able to do so continuously for more than a decade.

[0]https://www.google.com/search?q=boot+mac+into+linux

[1]https://www.google.com/search?q=boot+pc+into+linux

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Re:Linus Torvalds on the new MacBook Air by viraptor on Sunday November 22, 2020 @04:49PM (#25181422)
Not really on macs. Sure, the system boots, but due to lack of documentation, hardware support has to be reverse engineered. For wifi, the recent Intel MBP boards have broken firmware which just does not work with Linux - it's officially a wont-fix upstream since Apple doesn't care.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on the new MacBook Air by saghm on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:02PM (#25189601)
This might have gotten fixed recently, but last time I checked, there hasn't been a working Linux wifi driver for Macbooks starting with the first Touchbar model, which is a non-starter for most practical purposes.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on the new MacBook Air by jason0597 on Sunday November 22, 2020 @05:21PM (#25181668)
Not on these new ARM Macs
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