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Re:M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux... by DHowett on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:22AM (#29200090)
> Wholly dependent on Microsoft.

Not wholly, surely? As an OEM, Apple would need to provide drivers. Given that their system isn’t an off-the-shelf SBBR/ServerReady ARM64 device, that’s going to be a not-insignificant amount of work that isn’t Microsoft’s responsibility.

Seeing as the Asahi Linux project has had to reverse-engineer pretty much everything, I don’t see how Microsoft could be totally on the hook.

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Re:M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux... by marcan_42 on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:54AM (#29200540)
It's precisely it not being a SystemReady ARM64 device that makes it Microsoft's responsibility. The Windows kernel requires core changes to support this hardware; it cannot be done with just drivers. Nobody can make Windows work on this without Microsoft's help. Same reason we had to make a few changes to core Linux plumbing, besides adding drivers.
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Re:M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux... by DHowett on Friday November 12, 2021 @11:49AM (#29201418)
Ah, thanks for the explanation! That makes sense.
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Re:M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux... by NobodyNada on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:42AM (#29200373)
Apple has publicly stated that they’re willing to do that, but Microsoft refuses to license Windows for the M1: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/20/craig-federighi-on-wind...
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Re:M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux... by Isthatablackgsd on Friday November 12, 2021 @03:02PM (#29203919)
I'm surprised Apple stated that as macOS (ARM) have stretchy support for dual booting, even with two macOS version installed. So how could Apple be willing to do that if they haven't flesh out the dual-booting for Apple Silicon? Strange they passes the ball to Microsoft (deflecting to their competitor) whereas Apple should be holding the ball until it is capable enough.
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