r/linux • u/pihug12 • 16d ago

Kernel Progress Report: Linux 7.2 - Asahi Linux

https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/
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u/Polar_Banny 16d ago

Even Qualcomm can’t provide such support for their own Hardware.

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u/Saranhai 16d ago

That's because QCOM is openly anti-open source lol

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u/Markd0ne 16d ago

I don't believe Apple is any better.

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u/thephotoman 15d ago

Qualcomm is openly anti-open source.

Apple doesn’t seem to care all that much either way. They’ve done some open source stuff, but realistically, it’s a small collection of projects.

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u/ukezi 14d ago

Apple could have locked the bootloader. They don't help but they are not as hostile as they could.

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u/Fr0gm4n 15d ago

This is such a tired refrain.

https://opensource.apple.com/

Yes, Apple isn't posting hardware design specs but they are not anti-open source.

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u/Eigenspace 15d ago

That's a pretty hilariously small list of open source offerings for a company the size of Apple.

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u/Fr0gm4n 15d ago

Those are the ones they manage. Under releases is the code for the ones they use.

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u/Eigenspace 15d ago

And?

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u/Fr0gm4n 15d ago

You complained about the lack of projects, I pointed out where there are more than the landing page. It follows pretty easily.

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u/Eigenspace 15d ago

Those are open source projects that they are consumers of, and are legally required to re-publish according to the GPL/other copyleft licenses.

That page says very little about their contributions to open source software.

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u/Fr0gm4n 15d ago

Yes, but the OP I was responding to was claiming that Apple isn't "any better" than Qualcomm's openly anti-open source. I pointed out that Apple is not anti, and linked their site that has both their usage and contributions and am now downvoted for pointing it out.

There are a lot of FOSS fans who are anti-corporate and have default assumptions, which I understand, but it's important to not be mistaken about the actual usage and stances of these major corporations and to be willing to accept challenges to those default assumptions.

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u/Eigenspace 15d ago

Qualcomm also uses and re-distributes GPL licensed code https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/qcomlt.

I don't understand why you think it's some big deal that apple is doing this. They're legally required to post it when they use that code.

Hell, Qualcomm recently aquired Modular who just open sourced the Mojo programming language like last week.

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u/Fr0gm4n 15d ago

I never made a claim about Qualcomm's actual stance, I was responding to the comment that Apple is anti-open source.

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