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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)
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Every line in the boot path is code we wrote. There is zero Apple code between power-on and Linux. The bootloader is ours, top to bottom. To our knowledge, no one has done this on an A13 device before.

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[–] 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

The hardware was good for the time, and the UI/UX was a solid concept. However, it came way late to the party.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    and the UI/UX was a solid concept

    I couldn't hate anything more than I hated the Windows phone UI. It constantly felt like everything was constantly cut off, or like I was looking at my phone through a keyhole.

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