[ascii_only]

>Still, it's bizarre considering you can install Linux on any PC/laptop you buy.

It is kinda not true. There are windows 2 in 1 and recent macbooks on which it is almost impossible to install linux.

[pmalynin]

> recent macbooks on which it is almost impossible to install linux

That's FUD, and you know it. You can disable secure boot on Mac and boot whatever you want.

[floatboth]

You can boot, but not install, as Linux won't see the internal storage that's controlled by the T2 chip.

[vbezhenar]

So Linux need some drivers or it's a fundamental restriction from Apple?

[cyphar]

Drivers won't work. According to my understanding, any unsupported operating system (those which are not signed by Apple -- even Boot Camp doesn't use the Windows UEFI certificate so Linux's shim won't work) cannot access stuff protected by the T2 chip. So it's definitely not a driver problem.

And apparently disabling secure boot still doesn't fix the issue -- see the Phronix updates[1]. I only found one article claiming you can get past over all the T2 "security" features[2], but they explicitly say (at the end of the article) that they haven't actually tested booting or installing Linux.

[1]: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Apple-T2... [2]: https://www.imore.com/no-apples-not-locking-you-out-linux-ma...

[arthurfm]

Could the "AppleSSD" driver for Windows [1] be reverse engineered?

[1] https://twitter.com/tperfitt/status/1060995265694449664

[floatboth]

It's probably not impossible to develop a driver?? But it'd involve a lot of reverse engineering.