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Comment by vlovich123

21 hours ago

Apple discontinues support for this HW, not Apple discontinues support for running Linux in a hypervisor.

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jjtheblunt  10 hours ago

when apple discontinues support for older hardware, it doesn't get OS software updates. that doesn't disable the hardware from running the latest OS before OS updates for the hardware were ended. On the frozen-in-time OS, you'd still have a working instance of apple silicon hypervisor wrapping optimized drivers that make whatever linux arm build you're running still see the hardware.

  • vlovich123  9 hours ago

    Some people would like to keep running a system that’s connected to the internet that’s still receiving security updates. Running an outdated host isn’t the best idea.

  • happymellon  7 hours ago

    So you are wrapping Linux in an insecure and never updating wrapper connected to the internet?

    Sounds awesome!