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I remember a few years ago Linus said he uses a macbook with Linux on it. I wonder what he uses now that macs aren't x86 anymore.
Edit: all I can find is he is still using a macbook now with an m2 chip. For his desktop he has a threadripper CPU and an Rx 580
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-an-arm-powered-m2-macbook-air-to-release-latest-linux-kernel/
https://www.eteknix.com/linus-torvalds-still-uses-a-radeon-rx-580-in-2025/
He's using an old Intel laptop right now.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Radeon-RX-590-Torvalds
My memory is that it was an ARM based laptop. This story seems to confirm that: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-an-arm-powered-m2-macbook-air-to-release-latest-linux-kernel/
I think it was the Asahi district.
raspberry pi
Have fun compiling the kernel, Linus π
Wich is not x86... also the apple chips are arm so linux should work on them no?
The issue is that, while the CPU instruction set is largely (completely?) compatible between systems, the peripherals are not, and the drivers are often handled by closed-source binary blobs that are not portable to other operating systems. So while you could get code to run on the CPU, you wouldn't have networking, display, audio, etc. Same reason you can't just drop Linux on any old Android phone or tablet either (some you can, but not many).
Yea fair, i am beginning to get into making hardware work with cobbeling together device trees, i would have guessed that at least after some time the apple hardware would have been known well enough to make it work.
I think only asahi Linux worked on the apple M chips last time I checked. Do all arm chips use the same instruction set?