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Re:OpenBSD boots multi-user on Apple M1 hardware by Kwpolska on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:54AM (#26212209)
> Apple used an "alternative OS" for their Airport routers: NetBSD. Kernel was around 6.x if I recall correctly. Seemed like Wi-Fi worked preety good, maybe even "flawlessly".

That’s a nice strawman you got here. AirPort routers shipped with NetBSD, and it was officially supported. But good luck getting macOS to run on that — macOS would count as the “alternative OS” for the AirPort.

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Re:OpenBSD boots multi-user on Apple M1 hardware by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:55AM (#26234528)
Maybe running MacOS is not that important to me. Maybe I am just interested in the hardware, not the Apple OS.
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