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Re:PINE64 December Update by jhatemyjob on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @11:34PM (#25439094)
The new Macbooks can run arm64 Linux.
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Re:PINE64 December Update by FullyFunctional on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:53AM (#25439829)
In theory yes, in practice, only under virtualization (though I'm one of https://www.patreon.com/marcan sponsors so maybe one day this will change).

However this is a moot point as Apple doesn't sell what Pine does - Linux device. Apple sell Apple devices. If they incidentally runs Linux is irrelevant to Apple.

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Re:PINE64 December Update by kdtsh on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:29AM (#25441394)
Yes and my toaster can run NetBSD - but who knows if it'll actually cook my bread. Who knows if the new Macbooks will even support WiFi with Linux.
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Re:PINE64 December Update by jhatemyjob on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @07:18PM (#25450648)
They will.
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Re:PINE64 December Update by Tepix on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:39AM (#25440639)
They can't boot Linux. For a while. In fact, Apple is making it extra hard by not supplying the documentation to make it easier.
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