• Debian on Apple M1/M2: status and call for testers

    From NoisyCoil@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 20 08:50:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.ports.arm
    To: debian-arm@lists.debian.org

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  • From NoisyCoil@21:1/5 to FritzS GMX on Sat Jun 21 11:00:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.ports.arm

    Hi!

    On 21/06/25 08:10, FritzS GMX wrote:
    At the moment the ‘normal’ version - Debian stable aarch64 is installed as a VM in UTM (QEMU) on my M1 MacMini.
    Would the Debian Linux asahi variant from Bananas Team also have advantages in a VM? If ‘yes’, what would be improved?

    No, it would have no advantages whatsoever because the Bananas/asahi
    variant is all about hardware support. Ordinary Debian in a UTM VM is
    perfectly fine.

    Cheers!

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  • From NoisyCoil@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 1 17:50:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.ports.arm

    Hi again,

    FYI, due to an (asahi) upstream u-boot bug [1], you need a USB-C
    keyboard -- or USB-A keyboard plugged into USB-C via adapter -- to
    install the minimal (i.e. console) version of Debian on M2 Mac Minis.
    All other Macs, including M1s and laptops, are fine, as far as we know.
    This issue is being tracked in [2].

    Cheers!


    [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/u-boot/issues/28
    [2] https://salsa.debian.org/bananas-team/wip/debian-asahi-image/-/issues/12

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