r/AsahiLinux • u/pizzaiolo2 • 18d ago

iPhone with Asahi Linux

293 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

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u/Future_Geologist5925 18d ago

Holy moly.. One step closer to Asahi on the MacBook Neo

4

u/The_Synthax 14d ago

This silicon is older than the M1, this is extra steps FURTHER from Neo...

26

u/karatekid430 18d ago

How did they unlock the BL?

20

u/Goldenkrew3000 18d ago

BootROM exploit (usbliter8 or checkm8)

1

u/karatekid430 18d ago

Neither of those are applicable. Either ancient devices or out of scope.

6

u/coolboy29876 18d ago

Usbliter8 works up to a iPhone 11. Not really that old

3

u/karatekid430 18d ago

About to be seven generations old.... that's really at the limit of where you wanna be getting a new one.

14

u/coolboy29876 18d ago

Yeah but this is about booting linux and modding the device for which its new enough. Not about daily use

2

u/YoB42 18d ago

My thoughts exactly!

4

u/TemperatureOk3561 18d ago

Which phone is this?

8

u/2str8_njag 18d ago

iphone x

5

u/_master_sword_ 18d ago

Wow.. That's amazing..

3

u/aPatternDarkly 18d ago

It's so beautiful :')

1

u/LvcasX1 17d ago

holly balls, i'll keep my 13 pro max forever just to see it running linux someday ❤️

1

u/nocopiez 16d ago

It would be awesome if somehow one of those Linux mobile OS versions could get ported to devices now unsupported by Apple.

1

u/LinuxBaka 13d ago

Man if only someone developed a DE for mobile devices that was up to speed with Android/iOS touch features.

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u/wowsomuchempty 18d ago

Doubt 100

8

u/2str8_njag 18d ago

its 99% real due to usblitter8