Linus Torvalds, the main developer of the Linux kernel, has revealed that he would like to have his new laptop powered by the Apple M1, even if it is just Linux. Apple's use of open source software to power its critical services is an open secret. When it comes to hardware, the company prefers to hide the small details that developers need to fully support their Linux devices.
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Torvalds has used Apple MacBooks in the past, as he revealed in an exclusive discussion with Linux Format magazine in 2012. He echoed this in response to a question recently posted on the Real World Tech forum, also revealing why he had finally decided to move. a medium. "I have fond memories of the MacBook Air 11" (I think 4.1) which I used about ten years ago (but moved away from it because it took Apple too long to fix the display, and by the time they did I'd switched to better computers laptops and Apple had changed to make Linux less convenient." Although Linux runs on virtually all production processors, there is more to a computer than the processor. It's the handling of these other components that is often the deciding factor. And the M1-based MacBooks are no different: "I've been waiting for an ARM laptop capable of running Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS. And I don't have time to play with it, nor does the inclination to fight companies that don't want to help." So unless Apple changes its philosophy and comes clean about its hardware, don't expect Linux developers to line up to get one of Apple's new MacBooks. Via: TNW