I thought I'll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I'll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    9 months ago

    Someone gifted me with some old iPad that's more than 10 years old. What steps should I take to install Linux on the iPad?

    • Eugenia@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      You can't. Apple's iPads and iPhones are e-waste from the moment they run out of security and OS updates. Apple doesn't allow third party installations.

    • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      It's technically possible, but there aren't any proper instructions, I assume it's pretty complicated and you could break the device while doing this. Also, I don't think it would run particularly well, since there are no Linux drivers for Apple's proprietary hardware (except for M1 because it was reverse-engineered, but iPads use A-Series chips)