Couldn't Apple make a change that renders all this work a waste of time? i.e. lo...

MBCook · 2026-02-18T16:57:41 1771433861

They could have done that day 1 of Apple Silicon.

It’s clear Apple went out of their way to make Asahi possible in a secure way. I believe people on the Asahi project have said as much.

hu3 · 2026-02-19T03:57:31 1771473451

Out of their way?

They have been watching talented folks waste their lives away reverse engineering hardware/software that they possess all the schematics of.

If they really wanted to help, all they had to do is send a single e-mail with a zip file.

The distortion field is unbelievable.

Teever · 2026-02-18T17:00:09 1771434009

They could which is ultimately why we need regulators in the EU to premeptively ban those kinds of anti-repair anti-ownership kinds of business decisions.

Consumers should be allowed to install whatever software they want on decides they own.

small_model · 2026-02-18T17:29:43 1771435783

I agree, can't see Apple doing it so should be fine. The hope is once M1/M2 is done its less work to get M3-M5 working

jasoneckert · 2026-02-18T16:51:51 1771433511

macOS is a capable UNIX, but it's not Linux - which has since become the standard platform for most cloud/web/ML development.

As a developer myself who uses Fedora Asahi Remix as my daily driver, I can also tell you that Linux runs 2x faster (often much more) for everything compared to macOS - on the same hardware! And that performance gain is also important for my work :-)

small_model · 2026-02-18T16:54:03 1771433643

Totally, I have a mini forums pc that runs void linux that I ssh into from my MB air. My worry is hitching your wagon to a project that could stop working one day through no fault of the devs.