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Re:Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. ... by MuffinFlavored on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:36AM (#35233147)
> If you run an ARM OS in it

Only arm64/aarch64 operating systems I know are GNU/Linux or Mac OS X. I doubt the iPad is strong enough to run a usable Mac OS X virtual machine, and I don't see a ton of value running either a Linux distribution as CLI ("headless") or with a GUI on an iPad as an app in a window?

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Re:Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. ... by bogwog on Monday March 20, 2023 @12:07PM (#35233668)
I use an app called "iSH" which gives you an x86 Alpine Linux distro and a shell you can play around with. It's pretty useful whenever I need to ssh into something, and if you're patient you can actually do some programming on it with vim or whatever text editor you want. Even clang works!
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Re:Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. ... by cvak on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:27PM (#35238159)
iPads definitely has enough CPU power for ARM macos, limiting factor is the RAM.
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Re:Altstore: Home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS. ... by Gigachad on Monday March 20, 2023 @09:30PM (#35241403)
Even the base tier ipad is more powerful than a raspberry pi which is more than enough for a gui linux.

The ipad pro contains the same chip as the macbooks and comes with 8gb/16gb ram options. It's more powerful than the average Windows laptop.

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