Mastodawn

Question for Linux / Apple fans:

I'm considering buying an Apple Neo, to dual boot Linux Mint #Debian Edition on it.

Are there any specific concerns with using #Apple Silicon? Am I restricted in the #Linux distros and available packages?

I like the price point of the Apple Neo, and the fact that it comes loaded with creative tools, which I use heavily. For example, I have yet to find a #videoEditing tool for Linux, comparable to #iMovie. Also, Apple devices are elegant in #design and rugged in construction.

Am I better off buying a generic laptop instead? Recommendations are welcome!

#Question #Laptop

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🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉23h ago

@ashwin I don't have Apple devices, but I know many who do, and since it is also Unix I try to learn as much about that ecosystem too.

From what I know, there isn't a single Linux port yet for the A18 Pro chip, which is the CPU for the Apple Neo notebook, which, by the way, is friggin' amazing. You could use virtualization software like UTM, Parallels, VMware Fusion or similar to run Linux on it; alternatively, as far as I know, there is currently no other option. CodeWeavers (CrossOver) is not officially supported yet. The A18 Pro chip is also from the iPhone 16, from what I've heard very interesting concept to use that in a notebook, and it seems to have worked.

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Ashwin Dixit 23h ago

@nemo

I used Apple iMac and a MacBook Pro for years, precisely because it is UNIX and I could do Unixy things on it.

Sadly, because of the permissive #BSD license, #Apple has taken an open source operating system, and made it de facto, proprietary.

Why doesn't Apple release its creative tools, #GarageBand and #iMovie under the #GPL ?

It's not like they ever make money from those applications.

https://rant.li/ashwin/apple

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🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉23h ago

@ashwin I don't know… since Steve Jobs was fired from his previous CEO position and then returned, he curtailed projects that benefited the public and went on a full rampage. Apple still follows in his footsteps. Why they don't put it under the GPL and similar licenses, I have no clue … they're capitalists through and through. 😅

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jens persson

@nemo @ashwin

Steve Jobs was very much against viral licenses like the GPL after NeXT had to release their Opjective-C frontend to gcc due to it (I don't remember the details, but they belived they could circumvent it by shiping the frontend separatly)

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🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉22h ago

@MrShark Good to know thank you :) @ashwin

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Ashwin Dixit 19h ago

@MrShark @nemo

I heard an anecdote that when Steve Jobs learned about Linux, he was very concerned. Jobs offered Linus Torvalds a job at Apple, with a very lucrative pay. The only condition was that Torvalds stop working on Linux. Linus turned down the offer, and the rest is history.

Can anyone confirm or deny this story?

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