Re: Debian on Apple M1/M2: status and call for testers

[Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com>]

I am extremely interested in doing testing for Debian on the M1 platform.  I only have newer Macs so I ordered a refurbished M1 from Amazon to use for testing.  I would like to contribute to the Debian community.  I am not a full stack programmer but I have experience QA testing games and I also have work experience using JIRA to make and track bugs.  I realize we do not track bugs with this software but I think that these skills are useful for this project.  This is my second time trying to volunteer at Debian, the first time I was not given any work for the project.  Any guidance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.  

Sincerely,

Michael Lazin

.. τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ νοεῖν ἐστίν τε καὶ εἶναι.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM NoisyCoil <noisycoil@disroot.org> wrote:

Hi again,

FYI, due to an (asahi) upstream u-boot bug [1], you need a USB-C
keyboard  -- or USB-A keyboard plugged into USB-C via adapter -- to
install the minimal (i.e. console) version of Debian on M2 Mac Minis.
All other Macs, including M1s and laptops, are fine, as far as we know.
This issue is being tracked in [2].

Cheers!


[1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/u-boot/issues/28
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/bananas-team/wip/debian-asahi-image/-/issues/12