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AMD, Intel, and a slew of tech companies are teaming up to fend off ARM chips (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Booting alternate OSes on ARM systems can be a nightmare. Usually it's straight up not possible.

Raspberry Pi owners: ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

"usually"

I am a raspberry pi owner (actually I've owned like a dozen and still own 8). And a pinephone owner.

And even on those very open devices, booting alternate OSes is less straightforward than on x86.