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The fact that Apple re-uses components from very long time ago in their SoCs is what enabled Asahi Linux to be where it is in the timeframe it took with the staff they had. Obviously marcan, lina and the others involved are damn geniuses, but even they built on the research of others like iPodLinux that laid foundational groundwork.



But the comment you replied to argues that maintaining those drivers is a nightmare because of lack of cooperation from the manufacturer. What you're saying is that Apple hasn't had the inclination to rip up the floor from under them, but that's an inherently unstable situation that could change at any time.


> Obviously marcan, lina and the others involved

Make that just "marcan and the others". Because judging from a few other threads here, marcan is apparently "lina".

> are damn geniuses

So that's one fewer geniuses than you may have thought.




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