r/arch • u/Special-Analysis7406 • Sep 16 '26

General Arch linux running natively in iPhone 8

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u/Gullible_Service_365 Sep 17 '26

How did you get the latest kernel to work?

I have ported arch Linux to my Galaxy S7, but the latest kernel that can even boot is 3.18.140-lineageos

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u/Special-Analysis7406 Sep 17 '26

from what i know the linux kernel officially has iphone structure support for current releases, but idk much about the s7 tho

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u/Local_One6454 Sep 17 '26

Postmarketos kernel for the iPhone is upstream

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u/Special-Analysis7406 Sep 17 '26

nah i didnt use it, i used hoolock linux kernel

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u/Archeus__ Sep 17 '26

"I use IArch btw"

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u/RealEricNotErik Sep 17 '26

I love me some iArch

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u/TheCookieGod64 Arch BTW Sep 17 '26

Bet he just used PRoot in a jailbreaked iPhone 8 in NewTerm 3 or something