So #Apple just announced their plan to kill general purpose computing.
They're switching to their own ARM-based SoCs and while I have no love for Intel or x86 in general, Apple's solution is designed to ensure you won't be able to run anything but #Apple signed images on the hardware you supposedly own.
Native #Linux? Forget it. But don't worry, you'll still be able to run it in a VM for those pesky containers you're using at work.
#Linux is going to be a permanent second stringer there.
@sindastra True, not initially. But the key here is that eventually macOS frustrates enough for you to want to give something else a try. I know from personal experience and some of my friends.
If it's easy, no fuss, to give Linux a spin, many will at least take a look.
If the new Apple security chips they build into their ARM-based SoCs block Linux or make it a total hell, many will give up before even trying.
#apple won't prevent EVERYONE from switching, but that's not the goal.
@sindastra Mac will basically be an iPad with a different interface as far as booting alternative OSes is concerned.
That's why they explicitly mentioned Linux in VMs. They know developers need it and that there won't be another way to install it, (unless you jailbreak your own HW I suppose).
@sindastra Agreed in general, but worth noting that Macs up to 2015 run rather well with #Linux and there's a lot of them out there. Progress is also being made, slowly, on the newer models.
To give a concrete example I have a 2015 model MBP that I have transitioned to Linux years ago and it works great out of the box to this day.
Even Linus Torvalds had one.
As bad as the experience is now with the newer models, with this transition it will get even worse.
But I do get your point.
Matej Ľach ✅
Sindastra🐧✅:~ # _