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Linux boots on the iPhone 11, and we believe we’re the first in the world to do it. (www.patreon.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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[–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

That's a lot of work for little success except the "i wanna do this, no matter what"-factor.

Light years away from anything remotely useful, and even if, I had to buy a crapple-device for it 😁

Not to downplay the achievement, it's awesome.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    This is really cool, and perhaps a big stepping stone into Linux development on Apple hardware, the problem with phones is that without manufacturer support the development is so slow the hardware will be EOL before the software matures enough to use.

    On top of that, I assume Apple will go well out of their way to plug whatever hole allowed this boot to happen on new generations.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I assume Apple will go well out of their way to plug whatever hole allowed this boot to happen on new generations.

    That's probably not really a concern, since I'm guessing the main thing that enables this is jailbreak, which is an ongoing cat & m game since the iphone 3g's era.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I wish it would be a stepping stone. But be realistic. It's a fun project, a great proof it's kinda possible, but that's all we ever will hear about it. The moment every driver for every lil shit in this device would be remade or disassembled, noone would use this stoneage-device anymore. Or could even get one to begin with.

    And as you said, should this ever be more of a proof-of-concept, apple will fix any hole and everything dies.

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