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Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now

The Haiku operating system's ARM port has been successfully booted on Apple M1 Macs, running directly on the hardware without a virtual machine. While USB support is currently broken, all eight CPU cores are functional and the system boots to a desktop interface. This marks an early but promising milestone for both the Haiku ARM port and its compatibility with M1 Macs.

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Big news from the Haiku forums: the Haiku ARM port is running on M1 Macs now. This is bare metal, no VM. m1n1+u-boot deal with the Apple-specific parts of booting, so we can boot UEFI images from USB like any PC. ↫ smrobtzz on the Haiku forums USB is apparently broken, but all 8 cores are functional, and it boots to a desktop. It’s still early days, for the ARM port in general and the M1 Mac port specifically, but it’s a great start.

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