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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Such a solution is great because my girlfriend has a 11 years old MacBook pro and I’m sure Apple will find a way to render it obsolete

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Asahi Linux is specifically built to run on Apple Silicon. It won't be compatible with an 11yo MBP.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It will be in 11 years

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Regular Fedora runs on that and has since this laptop came out.

It's a regular x86-64 computer