Hello, world!
Added 2020-11-30 16:54:23 +0000 UTCThank you so much for dropping by! I hope I can get the support to make this project a reality.
I'm currently tying up other work and projects, so I expect to begin work on this port in January, if we reach the $4k goal by then. If we do reach the goal ahead of time, I'll order an M1 Mac Mini so I have that on hand as soon as possible.
Currently, my main workstation is a Late 2015 iMac Retina 5K, which does have a couple small warts in Linux support, so I might spend some time addressing those as a warm-up while this project kicks off. Stay tuned for that :-)
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Get er done!!
2020-12-02 07:04:23 +0000 UTCsame with me!
Andrew Borne
2020-12-01 21:30:23 +0000 UTCGreat done move on with this project!! I will post it on my LinkedIn too!!
2020-12-01 20:31:15 +0000 UTCprobably don't have much use for this personally, but watching on will be fun :)
Dean Herbert
2020-12-01 09:26:16 +0000 UTCOh nowo
Artemis Tosini
2020-12-01 05:21:58 +0000 UTCBasic headless use will probably happen pretty fast compared to everything else :-)
Hector Martin
2020-12-01 04:28:28 +0000 UTCI'll probably upgrade when M2 or M3 comes out, so I'd love to use my M1 Mac Mini as a Linux box!
2020-12-01 04:05:04 +0000 UTCWaiting for this!. As soon as ssh works I'd be so interested to acquire one and use it as an aarch64 build server. My current one using Cortex-a57 is getting old....
2020-12-01 01:43:17 +0000 UTCbest of luck!
2020-12-01 01:33:17 +0000 UTCI'm mostly excited about linux on an M1 not so much for a desktop, but for a mini server. An ultra low power, compact, silent, super fast headless server.
2020-12-01 00:47:36 +0000 UTCI'm Apple Silicon OwO
2020-11-30 21:26:27 +0000 UTCExcited to be on board. Glad to test with my MBA M1 whenever there are builds that won't fry the poor thing :)
2020-11-30 21:11:08 +0000 UTCAwesome! Best of luck!
Manawyrm
2020-11-30 20:29:45 +0000 UTCRISC is good etc. etc. pls linux kthx
Some Guy
2020-11-30 20:28:12 +0000 UTCMost Linux apps are already available in AArch64 versions as part of Linux distribution ARM support, so things should mostly Just Work for typical distribution packages. An emulation option a la Rosetta already exists, though (qemu-user), though it certainly won't be quite as polished/fast as Rosetta is at this point.
Hector Martin
2020-11-30 19:30:53 +0000 UTCIf you do succeed with this I assume all Linux apps (that you want to use) would need to be recompiled specifically for M1? Or would there be a virtualization option like Apple has now for x86?
2020-11-30 19:21:34 +0000 UTCPrecisely because of that: because you always want to start with the simplest platform first. I also expect the thing to end up in pieces, and I might kill it if I'm unlucky, so I'd want the cheapest option in case that happens.
Hector Martin
2020-11-30 18:37:42 +0000 UTCWhy ordering a Mac Mini ? No webcam, no battery to test power management. Anyway, mac mini can be good to start with I guess. Looking forward to seeing this becoming reality !
2020-11-30 18:35:50 +0000 UTCVery excited about this project!
2020-11-30 18:22:46 +0000 UTCLet's go!
2020-11-30 17:50:25 +0000 UTCExcited to be a part of this!
2020-11-30 17:50:24 +0000 UTCVery excited for this!
2020-11-30 17:48:59 +0000 UTC\o/
2020-11-30 17:43:31 +0000 UTCLET'S GO!
DannyK
2020-11-30 17:41:50 +0000 UTC
