I mean this is what a proper distro loooks like. Tailoring another distro for a true, specific purpose. Kudos to the team.
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Yes, it’s not just a DE and default package set but actual system improvements other distros aren’t offering. Kudos to the Asahi team for making this possible!
I would install this if I had made the objectively wrong decision to buy an apple computer.
I promise I'm not a troll, but I just don't understand the appeal. That's a crazy expensive piece of hardware to run a currently only mostly working distro.
Even when the hardware is 100% working, it's still ARM, so anything that's not open source won't run because it'll be x86_64.
Definitely a chicken and egg problem on availability of ARM software.
I'm asking in good faith - am I missing something?