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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by Refreeze5224 »

abustamam wrote: post #170
BuildTheRobots wrote: post #162

> I’m on the board overseeing Linux graphics. Half of us are trans. If all you care about is Linux, resist the attacks on trans people. > If you have any decency, fight back. https://web.archive.org/web/20250520182445/https://rosenzwei...

I'm unclear what the relevance of this comment is. It's by the same author but doesn't seem to bear any relevance to the M1 GPU.

The author is incredibly talented, and has done the community with a valuable service; one that the HN crowd especially is likely to benefit from.

Many people in her situation are not lucky enough to be in a mental or physical position to be able to pursue this sort of work or take advantage of their talent, and that is in large part due to the persistent and long-standing discrimination trans people face.

Even if one is totally self-interested, it pays not to discriminate. Even if one can't muster up even a little decency to not discriminate because, ya know, it's wrong.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by neobrain »

jacquesm wrote: post #116
laweijfmvo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i hope some day a used M1/M2 macbook air will be the greatest linux laptop around

Networking is going to be another major issue. Even on the Intel MacBook Pro this is still a problem. The instructions for getting it to work are so bizarre that I ended up with a network dongle with a supported chipset instead.

Good news for you: Networking (ethernet/wifi/bluetooth) on M1/M2 have been working perfectly fine for a while and don't require any special tinkering.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by jacquesm »

neobrain wrote: post #182
jacquesm wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Networking is going to be another major issue. Even on the Intel MacBook Pro this is still a problem. The instructions for getting it to work are so bizarre that I ended up with a network dongle with a supported chipset instead.

Good news for you: Networking (ethernet/wifi/bluetooth) on M1/M2 have been working perfectly fine for a while and don't require any special tinkering.

Oh that is good news. I'm almost tempted to try that out.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by xyzsparetimexyz »

Refreeze5224 wrote: post #179
xyzsparetimexyz wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Are you not aware of the very casual prejudice you're showing with this comment, or do you not see a problem with it? Regardless of your political or religious views on people's right to exist, simple politeness if nothing else should prevent this sort of comment. I assume you wouldn't say it to their face, so why say it here?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043002

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by [deleted] »

abustamam wrote: post #170
BuildTheRobots wrote: post #162

> I’m on the board overseeing Linux graphics. Half of us are trans. If all you care about is Linux, resist the attacks on trans people. > If you have any decency, fight back. https://web.archive.org/web/20250520182445/https://rosenzwei...

I'm unclear what the relevance of this comment is. It's by the same author but doesn't seem to bear any relevance to the M1 GPU.

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Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by alt187 »

abustamam wrote: post #171
xyzsparetimexyz wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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https://asahilinux.org/docs/project/board/asahi-board/ The board is 7 people. I'm unclear what makes this awkward or inconvenient.

The proportion of trans people in humanity is less than 50%. Pointing this out makes it seem the board has a disproportionate number of trans people.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by neobrain »

jacquesm wrote: post #184
neobrain wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good news for you: Networking (ethernet/wifi/bluetooth) on M1/M2 have been working perfectly fine for a while and don't require any special tinkering.

Oh that is good news. I'm almost tempted to try that out.

I can recommend it! I've been daily driving M1 for a few months now, it's working really well. Parent poster is raving about a potential "greatest linux laptop", but depending on your use case it's already there.

IME the Asahi support page is spot-on: There are a couple of yet-unsupported features (DP-alt mode being a big one), but any feature listed as supported will just work without hidden gotchas. I find this a big contrast to other devices, which will often "work" but have annoying little quirks here and there that are workable but can feel like a downgrade compared to Windows.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by giancarlostoro »

Interesting that it cuts off at the M2, I guess the M3 was a massive enough shift that it did not transfer over as nicely. I certainly hope that the M3s and M4's are supported by the time Apple EOL's my M4 laptop so I can still slap Linux on it. The M4 series of Macbooks is one of the nicest laptops I've ever had the pleasure of owning and using.

Re: Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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Post by nemomarx »

alt187 wrote: post #187
abustamam wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://asahilinux.org/docs/project/board/asahi-board/ The board is 7 people. I'm unclear what makes this awkward or inconvenient.

The proportion of trans people in humanity is less than 50%. Pointing this out makes it seem the board has a disproportionate number of trans people.

I mean it probably does? A somewhat disproportionate number of people in software are trans.

However, you could look at it the other way - if you take any group of 5-10 people I bet they're disproportionately something. Very few groups are selected evenly from all of humanity.

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