Shit, just linux.
Use this community for anything related to linux for now, if it gets too huge maybe there will be some sort of meme/gaming/shitpost spinoff. Currently though… go nuts
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/27854381
Meme transcription:
[Guy looking happy:] Hey, there’s a Linux version of that program I like
[Guy looking disappointed:] Closed Source, no ARM support
On good news, new project idea.
I really want a decent ARM laptop with decent battery life.
Have you looked at an M1 or M2 MacBook with Fedora Asahi Remix (or the Asahi Linux project in general)?
Yes, but I'm uninterested for a few reasons:
I'm really hoping for a Framework or a cheaper Thinkpad.
Framework stepping into the ARM market would be great. While I personally like Apple’s hardware, I love Frameworks philosophy.
I have to disagree on one point of your Asahi assessment though: While the old lead dev has stepped down, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The remaining team has since restructured and is focusing heavily on reducing those maintenance difficulties, besides working on support beyond M2.
Yeah, I'm the same way, but about ThinkPad. I have a keyboard centric workflow and their keyboards + TrackPoint are great, but I also prefer Framework's philosophy. If Framework can give me either incredible battery life or a fantastic keyboard (ideally w/trackpoint and three mouse buttons), I'll get one. But until then, I'll hold on to my aging Thinkpad (pushing 8 years).
Maybe the dev leaving will be good for the project. Idk, I don't think there are that many people with the skills and interest to continue reverse engineering Apple's hardware, so any loss will have a huge impact. I'm guessing they'll scale back the pace a bit and fix stuff on existing platforms and not exist all expand much. I guess we'll see. I'm interested in Mac Mini support since that could be an awesome NAS + homelab with a USB enclosure (could probably get it working in a VM, but native would be nicer).
There's always qemu-user you could try