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Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice

I bought M1 MacBook Air. It is the fastest computer I have, and I have been a GNOME/GNU/Linux user for long time. It is obvious conclusion that I need practical Linux desktop environment on Apple Silicon.

Fortunately, Linux already works on Apple Silicon/M1. But how practical is it?

Two native ports exist.

Running Linux and Windows on M1 with QEMU

30.11.2020: Updated with the new patchseries and instructions for Windows

02.12.2020: Added tweaks

08.12.2020: Updated with patchseries v4

31.01.2020: Updated with patchseries v6

Emacs, with Emacspeak, on macOS

This guide will, through open source collaboration, spell checking, and Doctor Pepper, show users of Apple (Mac) computers how to install Emacs, Emacspeak, and link the two together for an enjoyable text editing experience, and if there is enough Doctor Pepper, how to best use the included Emacs modes for greater productivity than is provided by newer software. There

	// answer to https://quant.stackexchange.com/q/55088/35
	// compile with c++ pcap_udp.cpp -lpcap

	#include <iostream>

	#include <pcap/pcap.h>
	#include <netinet/if_ether.h>
	#include <netinet/ip.h>
	#include <netinet/udp.h>

	#!/bin/bash

	# Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-signed-request-examples.html

	[[ -n "${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" ]] \|\| { echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID required" >&2; exit 1; }
	[[ -n "${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" ]] \|\| { echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY required" >&2; exit 1; }

	readonly parameterName="SlawekTestParam"

	readonly method="POST"

	/**
	* This little program prints out the url to the AWS console
	* generated from the local AWS credentials stored in environment variables:
	* AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
	* AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
	* AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
	*
	* Steps:
	* 1. Create a JSON object
	* session = JSON.stringify({

	tvOS 10: 1080p + H.264
	http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/entries.json

	tvOS 11: 1080p/4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC
	https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/entries.json
	https://t27q97zg19.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/aerialAltJSON/4kEntites.json

	tvOS 12: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
	https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources.tar

	# Use it like this:
	#
	# structlog.configure(
	# processors=[
	# structlog.processors.JSONRenderer(),
	# LogToSqlite("/tmp/logs.db")
	# ]
	# )
	# log = structlog.get_logger()
	# log.msg("say-hello", whom="world", num=[random.randint(1,55)])

	curl -s "http://localhost:8083/connectors"\| \
	jq '.[]'\| \
	xargs -I{connector_name} curl -s "http://localhost:8083/connectors/"{connector_name}"/status" \| \
	jq -c -M '[.name,.connector.state,.tasks[].state]\|join(":\|:")' \| \
	column -s : -t \| \
	sed 's/\"//g' \| \
	sort