Technially, the Darwin Kernel it uses is OSS

https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu

Can you actually recompile your kernel on Mac? And its functional?

I'll bet this isn't even the source code Apple uses, but rather they have a private fork with extra patches (similar to how Microsoft publishes OSS VS Code, but then uses their own proprietary version for releases).

You can, or at least could 5 years ago or so (and I bet you still could now).

However, it involved finding some random blog post on how to do it, and then even once I got it up and running there were some issues like the fans being pegged at 100%. Still, it was mostly functional.

I can speak to that via scuttlebutt from ex-apple friends. Apparently the intel power management code running in macos includes proprietary code from intel that they weren't comfortable opensourcing, for weird reasons.

There was an attempt to make a complete FOSS OS on top of that - PureDarwin[1][2]. It looks dead now though.

[1] http://www.puredarwin.org/

[2] https://github.com/puredarwin

Yes. However, many kernel modules needed to boot on a modern macOS machine are proprietary.

If an os is partially oss but functionally closed, what do you call that?

If I run windows with apache web server, is windows now open source?

rMS is a zealot, but it doesn't mean he's wrong...

Very nice! Though, it also turned my phone into an oven

Its funny how this is also a palindrome.

I'm sure it was unintentional.

aibohphobia being both a palindrome and the word for fear of palindromes is absolutely intentional.

I'm sure you understand sarcasm.

no, what's that

Reading through comments like these really makes me appreciate how this entire iPhone culture thing really didn't swing over to where I live.

It really sounds like a nightmare.

I wonder why they would publish this when Asahi is already quite usable, and Intel macs can run Linux natively too

Is it THAT much more convenient to do everything in a VM?

Going forward, Apple won't officially support dual boot or alternative operating systems. Unofficially, they'll try their best to leave the options open for third parties like Asahi, but it will never be something they endorse as an option to macOS on their devices.

For example, there will not be an ARM version of Boot Camp published by Apple. If you want to run Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac, it'll likely be running virtualized under macOS or in an emulator under macOS.

If someone wants to write a bunch of drivers and hack a boot loader to get windows running natively - Apple won't stop them, but thats a heck of a lot of work.

If you want to use Messages and Linux simultaneously, a VM is your only option, right?

When I read that headline, I practically died inside

Imagine watching the stars and instead being presented with advertisements :|

This should have a mild epilepsy warning.

The video is currently overflowing on the left and right on mobile devices :/

I expected many things to be critiqued here, but this certainly wasn't one of them

Jeez.

Except Apple is also heavily going against Jailbreaking, with multiple lawsuits in the past, and system updates made specifically to patch them out, and nothing else.

Sure, you can stay on older iOS Versions, but you would be loosing actual improvements