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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by whereistimbo on Monday November 30, 2020 @06:33AM (#25252750)
But is amount of people that want to use Linux on an Apple laptop going to be relevant to Apple? Given most consumer would rather use preloaded OS and the state of the linux on the desktop, I don't really think it matters to Apple.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by cies on Monday November 30, 2020 @06:59AM (#25252901)
> I don't really think it matters to Apple [given] amount of people that want to use Linux on an Apple

Agreed. But the point I argues was that Apple does not care because they sell hardware either way. I think they care a lot their hardware is used to runt their software, as this is a big reason to sell more hardware.

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by otabdeveloper4 on Monday November 30, 2020 @06:48AM (#25252839)
Despite what people say, I view the possibility that Microsoft might switch to the Linux kernel to run Windows as very much real.

NT is very much legacy code in maintenance mode, switching to something that's more modern that's also the base for Android makes a lot of sense.

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