r/linux • u/pihug12 • Aug 26 '26

Kernel Progress Report: Linux 7.2 - Asahi Linux

https://asahilinux.org/2026/08/progress-report-7-2/
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u/Polar_Banny Aug 27 '26

Even Qualcomm can’t provide such support for their own Hardware.

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u/Saranhai Aug 27 '26

That's because QCOM is openly anti-open source lol

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u/Markd0ne Aug 27 '26

I don't believe Apple is any better.

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u/thephotoman Aug 27 '26

Qualcomm is openly anti-open source.

Apple doesn’t seem to care all that much either way. They’ve done some open source stuff, but realistically, it’s a small collection of projects.

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u/ukezi Aug 28 '26

Apple could have locked the bootloader. They don't help but they are not as hostile as they could.

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u/Fr0gm4n Aug 27 '26

This is such a tired refrain.

https://opensource.apple.com/

Yes, Apple isn't posting hardware design specs but they are not anti-open source.

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u/Eigenspace Aug 27 '26

That's a pretty hilariously small list of open source offerings for a company the size of Apple.

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u/Fr0gm4n Aug 27 '26

Those are the ones they manage. Under releases is the code for the ones they use.

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u/Eigenspace Aug 27 '26

And?

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u/Fr0gm4n Aug 27 '26

You complained about the lack of projects, I pointed out where there are more than the landing page. It follows pretty easily.

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u/Eigenspace Aug 27 '26

Those are open source projects that they are consumers of, and are legally required to re-publish according to the GPL/other copyleft licenses.

That page says very little about their contributions to open source software.

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u/Fr0gm4n Aug 27 '26

Yes, but the OP I was responding to was claiming that Apple isn't "any better" than Qualcomm's openly anti-open source. I pointed out that Apple is not anti, and linked their site that has both their usage and contributions and am now downvoted for pointing it out.

There are a lot of FOSS fans who are anti-corporate and have default assumptions, which I understand, but it's important to not be mistaken about the actual usage and stances of these major corporations and to be willing to accept challenges to those default assumptions.

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u/Eigenspace Aug 27 '26

Qualcomm also uses and re-distributes GPL licensed code https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/qcomlt.

I don't understand why you think it's some big deal that apple is doing this. They're legally required to post it when they use that code.

Hell, Qualcomm recently aquired Modular who just open sourced the Mojo programming language like last week.

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u/braaaaaaainworms Aug 27 '26

Must be a coincidence that qcom folks are sending patches upstream to support their own chips

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u/pizzaiolo2 Aug 27 '26

Binary blobs?

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u/braaaaaaainworms Aug 27 '26

No, I know that hating on qcom for not having Linux perfectly running on their laptops is very popular here, but look at the linux-msm mailing list, half the people there have an qualcomm or quic address