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Re:M4 MacBook Pro by superb_dev on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @04:40PM (#41999997)
Apple also left a very convenient hole in their boot loader to allow running another OS. Linux works pretty well these days
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by bogantech on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:29PM (#42000588)
* As long as you don't want to use any external displays
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by weikju on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:25PM (#42003191)
Works with devices with HDMI ports
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by schaefer on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:12PM (#42000377)
* on M1 and M2 variants.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by superb_dev on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @07:08PM (#42001539)
Just to clarify, Asahi Linux is working on M3/M4 support. As far as I can tell nothing changed in the boot loader that makes this work more difficult, it just takes time to add the new hardware.

https://git.sudo.is/mirrors/AsahiLinux-docs/wiki/M3-Series-F...

Re:M4 MacBook Pro by duskwuff on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @07:07PM (#42001532)
The bootloader supports third-party operating systems on M3/M4 as well. Linux support just isn't there yet.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by nsonha on Thursday October 31, 2024 @07:51AM (#42005869)
Really? I got a bunch of error upgrading my Arch-based Asahi and now chromium doesn't work anymore. Oh and no external display, or speaker.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by pjerem on Thursday October 31, 2024 @10:55AM (#42007556)
You mean you have bugs on a system that isn’t announced as production ready yet ?

I tested Asahi and I genuinely love it and I’ll probably be happy to use it as my daily driver as soon as it will be mature enough. And I’m impressed by how it works well (outside of what still doesn’t work at all).

But buying a Mac ARM hopping to run Linux on it today without issue is just a wrong move. Just buy a classic PC if you want to be productive on Linux today.

I’m pretty confident it will happen though since the team itself looks pretty confident about supporting what is currently missing and in the past, achieved more than I hoped.

Re:M4 MacBook Pro by mu53 on Thursday October 31, 2024 @12:10PM (#42008285)
Its amazing how far they have come, but it still lacks so much.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro by nsonha on Thursday October 31, 2024 @08:21PM (#42012878)
simply replying to (on ARM) "linux works pretty well these days"