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by t1c 814 days ago
> Apple M1 SoC support, e.g. the M1 Mac Mini.

AsahiBSD soon?

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Unneeded, as you can already install NetBSD on such a machine today.
With a desktop environment and everything?! I had no clue, I'd love to see a demo or at least feature chart
Yes, X11 works. Feature chart here: https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/apple/
Well,

> As of April 2022 it is best to use the Asahi installer.

https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/apple/

Yes, the installer is very custom.

Apple didn't even try to follow the arm server/workstation boot specifications.