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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
All tech eventually becomes e-waste, especially if it has a timebomb in it known as a LI Battery…
Replying to @PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world
All people die eventually too, but it’s not an argument to lower our standards of living.
If your argument is that we need to reduce consumption, I agree completely. But consumers alone cannot fix/improve this problem.