Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Stefan Monnier wrote: 
> > There's already work in progress to port Linux mainline (and 
> > consequently Debian) to the Apple M1 :)
> 
> Since the M1 implements the ARM instruction set, I don't think there's
> much work to do here, indeed (most likely the hardest part is to fight
> Apple's opaqueness).
> 
> Last I heard Debian works on the M1 already :-), but its Emacs package
> doesn't :-(

Graphics is currently the blocker. Framebuffer works, but
getting the GPU working beyond that will probably be fun for
someone.

https://asahilinux.org/2021/03/progress-report-january-february-2021/

contains lots of useful info.

-dsr-