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A comment on Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021.

Re:Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021 by jaimex2 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:28AM (#28186273)
When the project is done will Linux running on an M1 have any advantages over just running Linux on a regular x86_64 system?
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Re:Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021 by sim_card_map on Sunday August 15, 2021 @01:23AM (#28186458)
yes, completely silent for one (no cpu fan)

also m1 is pretty quick

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Re:Asahi Linux for Apple M1 progress report, August 2021 by helloworld8796 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @07:26AM (#28187888)
The Pro has a CPU fan.

Anyway, the ISA does not necessarily imply higher or lower energy consumption.

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