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[–] LeFantome 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Very impressive. The M1 Macs at least seem to be quite functional at this point and everything either has been or is in the process of hitting the mainline.

Lots of work to do of course but many would have bet against getting this far. But there is a big difference between “could be better” and “stuff doesn’t work”. Getting the Rust based GPU driver into the kernel is a major achievement on its own and may do a lot to silence the “Rust isn’t used for anything real in the kernel” crowd as well.

With all the recent drama, I think some assumed the project was on the ropes. But the updates on the M2 and the reduced support burden of their past work leave me pretty hopeful that good progress will continue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Wait, did I read that right? After all that drama, they upstreamed the Rust drivers anyway?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is the rust kernel drama over?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I really wan't to give Asahi a try, however I read alot about power mangement taking a big hit ! This makes me reluctant to give it a try on my M1.Maybe for the next big wipe on my laptop?

Either way, congratulation and thank you for all you work on allowing to get rid of Apple's closed ecosystem !

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

The battery life is still better than most laptops, but yeah, not as good as MacOS.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

You can dual boot it