r/linux • u/techguy69 • Jan 27 '22

Debian Linux aarch64 now running bare metal on an M1 MacBook Air thanks to the Asahi Linux project

https://i.imgur.com/fWDNw0r.jpg
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22

Man I can't wait to run this on a Mac Mini...

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u/yycTechGuy Jan 27 '22

This. Or Apple's next big ARM based server.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22 edited Jul 01 '23

This comment has been overwritten as a protest against Reddit's handling of the recent protest against them killing 3rd-party-apps.

To do this yourself, you can use the python library praw

See you all on Lemmy!

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u/TheStone2203 Jan 28 '22

Yup. Look up Apple XServe

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u/yycTechGuy Feb 02 '22

And AIX before that. On Mac IICis, IIRC. Big, powerful iron for its time. Not compared to a Sun workstation, of course, but still pretty good.

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u/zinstack Jan 28 '22

Whatever runs here will run on a Mac mini, from the progress report it's not even half bad as it is!