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Linux boots on the iPhone 11, and we believe we’re the first in the world to do it. (www.patreon.com)
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Every line in the boot path is code we wrote. There is zero Apple code between power-on and Linux. The bootloader is ours, top to bottom. To our knowledge, no one has done this on an A13 device before.

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[-] GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2026
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