Between this and Marcan42 on Twitter working on Linux for M1 Macs, I'm hopeful that ARM64 Linux devices will slowly start to creep in further
(32-bit Arm was another story, but that era is long since dead)
EDIT: think that this was worded badly, modified it.
Microsoft also seems quite positive about the option being there: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufactur...
Edit: fair enough, sounds about right!
The reality is that hardware manufactures do not care what OS you run, as long as it doesn’t result in costly hardware returns or endless support calls. This is why hardware typically has options to disable OS-specific. secure boot, but it requires some technical steps that average users won’t accidentally stumble upon.
The M1 macs were never locked down, either. Apple has said that Microsoft can make Windows builds for them if they’d like. Linux on M1 macs is only a matter of time.
Secure boot is a net win for everyone. Having an option to disable it lets the 0.01% of people who want to run Linux use the hardware too.
It wasn't just FUD. Microsoft has changed their tune on this over the years, but it used to be that their certification requirements mandated that users could not disable secure boot on ARM devices: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/01/micro...
If that were still their policy today, it would make projects like this nearly impossible.
That’s basically the definition of Linux. That’s not Apple’s fault.
A common misconception. Something like 90+% of Linux commits come from people whose job is writing that code.