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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/partshacker/posts/linux-boots-on-172091834Every 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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Replying to @glowie@infosec.pub
This could be good news for then environment. Apple’s planned obsolescence means their phones are essentially life-long e-waste but with an initial few years of enrichment for some.
The devices are still destined to be ewaste, but the more years we can get out of them is still slightly better.
Not just Apple, I know.
Replying to @Seimhe@lemmy.world
I use an iPhone 11 and it is still fully supported with updates. They still stock replacement batteries and screens at the stores. The issue I’m having with it is that the radio stack is old enough to predate 5G, so I get terrible signal these days and am considering replacement because of that. Can’t blame Apple for the carriers re-allocating their spectrum to 5G wayyy too quickly.
Replying to @ayyy@sh.itjust.works
I’m not blaming Apple for what they cannot control, but what they can control. I wouldn’t let them hide their many product-lifespan failings behind that one issue.