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points by vielite1310 2 days ago | 0 comments

As much as I used to love MacOS as an operating system, the more I spending time on it, I'd rather wish that my Macbook can run Linux, hopefully Asahi Linux will eventually support M5 :(

[–] xnx 2 days ago

It's heresy, but my favorite laptop was a 17" Macbook Pro with Bootcamp.

[–] randallsquared 2 days ago

It wasn't my favorite, but my first Mac was a PowerBook G4 17-inch, which I ran Gentoo and (I think) Yellow Dog Linux on at various times. It never worked super well, and I eventually joined the dark side. In 2003, a 17-inch laptop was ludicrous among all the netbooks that seemed to be the future of laptops. People around me called it the "aircraft carrier Mac".

[–] turtlebits 2 days ago

Use AI to fix the things you don't like?

I just got a new-to-me Android phone and told AI to use adb to debloat and install the custom APKs that I normally run.

[–] 29083011397778 2 days ago

Given the interdependencies of Google's Android, I'm not sure I'd trust something so subjective to AI. I'm sure I would disagree with it regarding what's bloat, what's necessary, and which dependencies I'm willing to break

[–] solyin 2 days ago

So ask it to list the things and have a conversation with it instead of trying to one-shot it?

[–] gedy 2 days ago

Can AI port Asahi Linux to the M5+ chips? Honest question for the strong AI fans to attempt.

[–] gorilla_fight 2 days ago

Yes, M5+ support is currently an active focus of Aurora Silicon (an AI-enabled fork of Asahi Linux), development is in progress as we speak:

https://github.com/aurora-silicon/linux/discussions/142 https://aurorasilicon.org/devices/?device=j873s https://x.com/JoshuaSWarren/status/2118331083330629847

It is coming along impressively fast, one of the developers has a goal "full support on the M5 Max by Thanksgiving here in the US (November 26th)." https://x.com/JoshuaSWarren/status/2118375325805547666

[–] what 2 days ago

So, no? Dude doesn’t even own an m5 Mac. Lmao.

[–] qrobit 2 days ago

I believe chasing the latest hardware prevents you from getting Asahi Linux support :)

Asahi Linux has great support for M1/M2, or so I heard.