Developer Hector Martin, who describes himself as someone who "likes putting Linux on things," has launched a plan to create a Linux port for Apple Silicon Macs.. Martin, also known as "Marcan ...

Hector Martin is a developer known for porting Linux to a variety of devices. Back in 2016, he announced a project that brought Linux with 3D acceleration to PlayStation 4.

A few months ago, running Linux on Apple's M1 and M2-powered Macs became possible. It wasn't easy, mind you. But thanks to the work of Asahi Linux developers, it could be done. Now, Asahi founder ...

Hector Martin, writing on Asahi Linux's blog, notes that the existing project based on Arch Linux was "fully downstream." Asahi added its own package repository with scripts, ...

In the blog post (via The Register), kernel hacker and Asahi Linux cofounder Hector Martin describes the challenges faced by the project in understanding how this new Apple chip works.

Hector Martin, otherwise known as marcan, has really been hard at work in order to get Linux up and running on Apple's latest devices with their very own ARM-based M1 processors.

Even Linux's creator Linus Torvalds has said "I'd absolutely love to have one if it just ran Linux." And, recently, Hector Martin, a Tokyo-based IT security consultant and hacker, is leading the ...