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Asahi Lina: For personal reasons, I no longer feel safe working on Linux GPU drivers or the Linux graphics ecosystem. I've paused work on Apple GPU drivers indefinitely. (mastodon.gamedev.place)
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For personal reasons, I no longer feel safe working on Linux GPU drivers or the Linux graphics ecosystem. I've paused work on Apple GPU drivers indefinitely.

I can't share any more information at this time, so please don't ask for more details. Thank you.

If you think you know what happened or the context, you probably don't. Please don't make assumptions. Thank you.

I'm safe physically, but I'll be taking some time off in general to focus on my health.

Well that's sudden.

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[-] popcar2@programming.dev 16 points 9 hours ago

The project is for making unofficial drivers for Apple's chips, which very few people are trying to do. Without Asahi, you can't run Linux on Macbooks.

[-] Kuranashi@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

Ah thanks for the summary.

Still, very odd to buy expensive hardware that is required for running macOS due to their use license just to run Linux on it. Maybe if you bought it first and then wanted to move away from it, but that seems like a big headache.

Another reason to be wary of Apple then.

[-] badmin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Without Asahi, you can’t run Linux on Macbooks.

good.

this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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