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Re:M5 MacBook Pro by pm2222 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:16PM (#45595700)
I hear you. Apple hw and Linux combination would be have been great for me.
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Re:M5 MacBook Pro by uaas on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @02:33PM (#45596672)
How about Asahi Linux, or a Fusion/Parallels VM on macOS?
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Re:M5 MacBook Pro by JadeNB on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @01:52PM (#45596179)
Can't you literally install Linux on Apple hardware?
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Re:M5 MacBook Pro by botanical76 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @02:08PM (#45596385)
Yes, with major tradeoffs. Asahi Linux is an amazing project, but they have not yet figured out how to get anywhere close to a Mac's power efficiency when it is running MacOS. For example, you will lose a lot of battery life[0][1] with the lid closed, whereas on MacOS you lose pretty much nothing.

Also, note that thunderbolt not yet supported[2].

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20241219125418/https://social.tr... [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/linux/issues/262 [2] https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/overvie...

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