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Re:macOS 11’s hidden security improvements by omginternets on Saturday August 21, 2021 @03:53AM (#28255075)
What's the state of running Linux on Mac hardware these days?
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Re:macOS 11’s hidden security improvements by GekkePrutser on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:53AM (#28256600)
On Intel: Works pretty well. No longer a need to have special ISOs like Ubuntu used to have. You do have to turn off the "secure boot" on newer systems with T2 chip (using the startup security utility in recovery mode)

On M1: Still in progress. Linux boots but the kinks have to be worked out. Not production quality yet.

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Re:macOS 11’s hidden security improvements by omginternets on Saturday August 21, 2021 @04:13PM (#28260182)
>On Intel: Works pretty well.

Oh, cool! I have one of the last Macbook pros with an Intel chip, so it sounds like I'm probably in the "secure boot" category.

Does the trackpad work well?

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Re:macOS 11’s hidden security improvements by GekkePrutser on Sunday August 22, 2021 @05:42PM (#28269931)
Good question, I haven't tried it on one that recent. But on my older ones it worked fine. Even gestures. Not as smooth as on macOS though.
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