Marcan is creating Linux for Apple Silicon Macs (Patreon fundraising campaign)

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As someone who is mostly happy with Apple's operating system, I love this idea. I can buy a Mac mini and use it as a primary desktop/ dev system until Apple drops support for it. By that time, we should have working Linux drivers and support for keeping it running until it rusts out. Since it's sitting on my desk and the only moving part is the fan and the slowly degrading SSD, I could see getting 10-15 years out of it.

Obviously it would be better/ ideal if Apple financed this or better, made a full OSS Darwin install. I see dropping $3/ month for a couple years is cheap insurance.

>moving part is the fan and the slowly degrading SSD

Even when it's called Solid State Disk they should not move, maybe you have to fix your setup.

I know it's not moving in any normal sense of the word.

It degrades over time with use. As opposed to most every other non-fan/ non-SSD piece of the system which does not degrade over time.

Condensers do, depends on the temperature. High temps = less lifetime hours.

Solid State _Drives_ degrades over time and require wear levelling[1] to avoid frying the chips.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_leveling

It get even worse when they rotate.

Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25247338.

I wish there was an option for a one-time payment for this effort.

I really want to support this, but I hate monthly subscription things. I'd love to throw $50 or whatever his way and hope for the best.

You can subscribe and cancel immediately after being billed, with the message "I gave as much money as I intended".

I sure hope this happens, so many companies hand out macs to new employees without asking, would be nice to be able to use linux instead

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