Re:Asahi Linux: Linux on Apple Silicon project
by Grustaf on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:26AM
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My argument is that Apple wouldn’t be losing money by allowing people to install Linux on macs, it’s not about “preventing people from using macs without paying for iCloud”.
But in general, running Windows or Linux on macs is not uncommon, it’s definitely not just for hackers.
I don’t have any numbers at all but I’m sure nobody would doubt that it is orders of magnitude more common than people wanting to run homemade OSs on iphones.
My gut feeling would say: a bunch of hackers would be happy if they can hack on their code on Apple hardware but run plain FreeBSD or Linux while doing it. But that is not something you run a multi-billion business on...