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		walterbell 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's b... > not designed to work that way Owners of unmodified M1+ iPad Pros and iPadOS 16.3 can run performant Linux/other VMs, e.g. Linux web server and iOS client. Owners of unmodified M1+ iPad Pros with iPadOS 16.4+ can very-slowly run Linux/other VMs via UTM emulation. Owners of jailbroken M1+ iPad Pros can run Linux/other VMs by adding hypervisor entitlement.

NoPicklez 4 months ago [–]

So then why doesn't the writer do that?

walterbell 4 months ago | [–]

It's mostly limited to those who own older iPads and operating systems, rather than 2025 buyers of new devices?

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