63 sats \ 10 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 26 Dec 2023 \ on: TailsOS - recommended laptop for running an existing Tails USB installation? bitcoin
I was disappointed to discover that I cannot run Tails off of my Macbook Pro with M1 silicon. To be clear, more disappointed with Apple's opacity than with Tails' development effort.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @kdnolan 26 Dec 2023
You can't run any other OS on them can you?
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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @m00ninite 26 Dec 2023
There's been a ton of work being done to get Linux running on M1 macs. Asahi Linux is quite far along now
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kdnolan 26 Dec 2023
Is it Apple holding it back?
Linux distros have been the only way to make Mac laptops functional imo (Sys admin perspective)
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @m00ninite 26 Dec 2023
No, apple has nothing to do with asahi. The architecture is just very different and needs a lot of work to get things working
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 27 Dec 2023
The Asahi team claims that Apple does not share needed details, so they are doing their best to reverse engineer what they need to make Asahi Linux on M1 silicon work.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elysia 26 Dec 2023
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @dk OP 26 Dec 2023
yeah, i noticed that and it bothered me. that’s why i’m trying to find something recommended by others that has been succcessful
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zeroday 26 Dec 2023
https://asahilinux.org/about/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @elysia 26 Dec 2023
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 26 Dec 2023
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