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This is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver. (europe.pub)
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[–] 230 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Of you look at all of the work behind Asahi, it's incredible. I'm so grateful for heroes like Alyssa who are saving millions of computers from landfills when Apple no longer supports them

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    How far developed is asahi now? Is every hardware working? Last time i looked into it wifi didn't work, i think. So i thought it was not useful for me.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I've been using Asahi as my daily driver on my m1 MacBook for a few weeks now. The only thing I've noticed that seems to not work is audio through the built in speakers. I normally use Bluetooth headphones anyways so I haven't tried to fix it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

    saving millions of computers from landfills when Apple no longer supports them

    Kindof except that their build quality tanked during the late Intel era and the motherboards will die a lot sooner now

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

    I have traveled extensively with my m1 and gave it 2 solid drops (which left massive dents in the metal) and I feel like they are holding up. To Apple's credit, the original os which I use for photography still feels like new after 5 years. Yes, they have a myriad of other ethical problems, but the M series have been great hardware with not bad software... So far

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    I had one and it died after 4 years. From what I've seen on the internet and what Apple's technicians told me this isn't an uncommon issue. Fortunately my 7-8 year old HP laptop still functions (aside from the battery which completely crapped out after 2-3 years). Also they started soldering everything to the motherboard so you have to replace almost the entire computer if it breaks.

    the original os which I use for photography still feels like new after 5 years

    Near the end macOS felt slow/throttled. Linux was fast though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    My macbook pro, 2019, just stopped charging or responding to anything in the USB ports.

    Took it to repair shop abcd they said "the logic board was fried" and it needed replacing.

    It's been a while since I dabbled with hardware (built my own pcs back in the day) but is logic board just apple for motherboard?

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