macOS 27 Beta breaks the ability to boot Asahi Linux

98 points - last Tuesday at 3:01 PM

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AKSF_Ackermann today at 5:19 PM
Apparently fixed already, or will be fixed soon. https://social.treehouse.systems/@chaos_princess/11672546441...
vsgherzi last Tuesday at 11:45 PM
It seems like this is a bug, apple went through the trouble to allow something like asahi to be possible in the first place. I doubt they're purposely trying to break it.
grigio last Tuesday at 6:01 PM
Sadly both main ARM platforms (Apple silicon and Qualcomm) are a mine field for Linux
ChrisArchitect last Tuesday at 7:37 PM
Teever last Tuesday at 8:36 PM
I wish the EU would regulate this kind of stuff.

A consumer shouldn't be restricted from installing their own OS on a device that they bought, be it a smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, or server.

A company the size of Apple should also be required to release proper documentation that enables the porting of operating systems to these kinds of devices.

The reverse engineering work that the Asahi team did is remarkable but so much of it is ultimately busy work that didn't need to be done if we regulated the consumer electronics market appropriately.

GuestFAUniverse last Tuesday at 9:21 PM
macOS 27 Golden Cage /s

On the other hand I doubt that's intentional. Even as an avid Apple critic I want to mention that people I trust and are more involved with Asahi, always pointed out that Asahi received the occasional little help from Apple devs where possible (surely, not with official documentation, or confidential infos).

So, I would wait until things had time to calm down and not get too invested with Apple bashing.