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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by dorfsmay on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:49PM (#25249982)
Will Apple sell M1s to other laptop manufacturers?

I already pay for closed source Intel and AMD, I wouldn't mind being able to use M1s, but, I just don't like Apple laptop hardware.

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by ineedasername on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:26PM (#25250444)
Apple did not have a good experience the last time they rolled out licensing of that sort. Watered down the brand especially given some very crappy PowerPC clones.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by dwighttk on Sunday November 29, 2020 @11:19PM (#25250687)
And the ones that weren’t crappy were better than Apple’s
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by ineedasername on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:23AM (#25251777)
Maybe those good ones were few and far between. I had the misfortune of supporting some of the clones, and finding myself in front of one was always a much more unpleasant experience than a PowerMac G3.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by tambourine_man on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:50PM (#25249990)
That’s not how they roll
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