KDE runs on the Apple M2 with full GPU acceleration

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Post by c80e74f077 » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 5:18 PM UTC

KDE runs on the Apple M2 with full GPU acceleration
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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

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Post by CameronNemo » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:12 PM UTC

Question for those in the know: are there any substantial changes from M1 to M2? I'm sure lots of tuning took place, but is there any major component that was completely overhauled?

Re: KDE runs on the Apple M2 with full GPU acceleration

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Post by dottedmag » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:24 PM UTC

CameronNemo wrote: post #3

Question for those in the know: are there any substantial changes from M1 to M2? I'm sure lots of tuning took place, but is there any major component that was completely overhauled?

There was quite a bit of small annoying stuff, but nothing major.

GPU and display controller were initially expected to have large amount of changes, but this turned out not to be the case.

Amount of changes between M1->M1Pro/Max/Ultra and M1Pro/Max/Ultra->M2 is similar.

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:32 PM UTC

CameronNemo wrote: post #3

Question for those in the know: are there any substantial changes from M1 to M2? I'm sure lots of tuning took place, but is there any major component that was completely overhauled?

No.

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Post by hedgehog » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:34 PM UTC

CameronNemo wrote: post #3

Question for those in the know: are there any substantial changes from M1 to M2? I'm sure lots of tuning took place, but is there any major component that was completely overhauled?

I've been reading bits and pieces from the people doing Linux for Apple SoCs for a while and it sounds like the evolution has been mostly incremental going way back (like A7 era).

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Post by School-Cotton » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:35 PM UTC

Asahi is getting closer and closer to "daily driver" usability at an amazing pace.

Anyone have an idea how soon we should expect GPU support to be in mainline?

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Post by sedeki » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:49 PM UTC

(false statement about a buggy M1)

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Post by vletal » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:50 PM UTC

Sad that iPads do have open bootloaders. Id be happy using my M1 iPad Pro from time to time.

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Post by bogwog » Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 7:06 PM UTC

This is great news and a big win for consumers!