Asahi Linux conformant to OpenGL 4.6 & OpenGL ES 3.2 on Apple Silicon Macs

The Asahi Linux project for Apple Silicon Macs has just become conformant to OpenGL 4.6 and OpenGL ES 3.2, surpassing Apple's current support.

Wesley Hilliard 2 years ago 4

How to turn your vintage Mac into a Steam gaming machine using Bazzite

If you have an old iMac from the early 2000s, you can breathe new life into the hardware by turning it into a Steam gaming machine. Here's how.

Chip Loder 2 years ago 0

Linux for Apple Silicon adds first conformant M1 GPU driver

The ongoing Asahi project to bring Linux to Apple Silicon has reached a milestone, adding the first conformant GPU driver for the family of chips.

Evan Selleck 2 years ago 6

Linux 6.2 includes M1 Mac support, but it's not fully ready to use

Linux 6.2 brings native support for M1 processors on Mac, but it isn't totally finished or ready for primetime.

Wesley Hilliard 3 years ago 1

Asahi Linux for Apple Silicon has come a long way in a few months

Asahi, a project to bring Linux to the Apple Silicon Mac, has released a new progress report that details expanded USB and peripheral support.

Andrew Orr 3 years ago 1

Linus Torvalds uses M2 MacBook Air to release Linux 5.19

The latest release of Linux 5.19 has more of an Apple angle than usual, with Linus Torvalds releasing it using an M2 MacBook Air running a version of Linux ported to Apple Silicon.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 17

Apple Silicon Linux project gets initial Mac Studio & M2 support

The Asahi Linux for Mac project has made some improvements, with the latest version adding initial support for M2 chips as well as the Mac Studio, along with Bluetooth.

Malcolm Owen 3 years ago 0

Apple's M1 now supported by Linux kernel in version 5.13

The newest update of the Linux kernel, version 5.13, has been released with support for the Apple Silicon system-on-chip, the M1.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 20

Latest Linux kernel introduces preliminary Apple M1 support

The latest version of the Linux kernel, Linux 5.13, introduces support for Apple's M1 system-on-chip and is now available as a release candidate.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 8

Linux 5.13 update expected to add Apple Silicon M1 support

Preliminary support for the Apple Silicon M1 processor is now expected in Linux 5.13, though it may still be years before it's fully finished.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 27

Porting operating systems to Apple Silicon leagues harder than migrating software

Working with Apple Silicon directly is a tough task, a developer attempting to port Linux to run natively on the M1 chip advises, with Apple using a highly customized process to boot the Mac that is different from versions used by other 64-bit ARM systems.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 30

macOS Sudo vulnerability could give root privileges to any local user

A decade-old flaw found in the Sudo tool could lead to root access on Unix-based systems, including macOS Big Sur and earlier versions.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 28

How Linux was ported to the Apple Silicon M1 Mac mini

Linux now works on the Mac mini with M1 processor — but Apple did not make it easy for the team to port the OS with its custom firmware and unique data paths. Here's how Corellium got it done.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 11

Linux is now 'fully usable' on Apple Silicon M1 Macs

Security researchers at Corellium have ported a version of Linux to the Apple Silicon M1 chip that will ultimately be released under an open-source license.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 13

New Java malware attacks Apple's OS X along with Windows, Linux

A new form of browser-based cross-platform malware can give hackers remote access to computers running Apple's OS X, Microsoft's Windows, and even Linux.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 67

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