Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!feeder1.feed.ams11.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!peer05.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer05.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.105.106.MISMATCH!feed-7.dca.netnews.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!dca.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=fj;XISEQfXN]2f>5GVFLaGHWonT5<]0TM@GOK[m5A6WB3[L8B6BE9jM^[Do8:CF@UNB6DKmjl\JA@AjA6U`DU>^BE4^bfjb^]VBk=6JjUPb?[O X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 07:58:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Betterbird (macOS/Silicon) Subject: Re: Apple Is Becoming Dependent On Linux, Too Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy References: <10qui03$1m4ih$1@dont-email.me> <10ubvho$1hlgg$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US From: CrudeSausage In-Reply-To: <10ubvho$1hlgg$1@dont-email.me> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 52 Message-ID: <6a09ad75$0$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1779019125 reader.netnews.com 25 127.0.0.1:45505 X-Received-Bytes: 3414 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86816 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:146341 On 2026-05-17 4:51 a.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 20:51:15 -0000 (UTC), I wrote: > >> This article says “Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work >> with Arm Macs” >> . >> Note that you need to run Docker in order to actually build it for >> your system. >> >> But isn’t Docker a Linux-only technology? >> >> That’s right: you will need a Linux-based container system installed >> on your Mac in order to use this driver. > > Another nifty little example: this person > > has figured out how to run an NVidia RTX 5090 graphics card from a > MacBook Pro. > > Besides the overheads of driving external PCIe cards through a > Thunderbolt interface, there is the little added problem that Apple > doesn’t actually support NVidia cards. > > But Linux does. > > But Linux running on Apple chips can’t handle Thunderbolt! > > Which is where the old adage, “two heads are better than one”, rears > its tousled head: run an ARM-native Linux VM under the Mac OS, and let > it access the NVidia card via VM passthrough. Basically play the games > on Linux, just using macOS for its Thunderbolt interface, and not much > more. > > And Linux-on-ARM can run Windows games, which macOS-on-anything > cannot! > > Yes, performance is somewhat less than on a machine with native PCIe. > But it’s still better than using the Mac’s integrated GPU. Admittedly, the gaming experience on Linux is any times greater than the one on MacOS. If you don't want to use Windows but still intend to play games, you're better off with Linux. -- CrudeSausage M4 MacBook Air "Christians are killing women in this country. And the poor. And disabled. And the poor. Look at the "Bible Belt" where all of these things and so much more are worse. We are in end-stage capitalized fueled by right wing extremist Christians. Muslims do not do nearly the harm." - Sodomite Snit Brock McNuggets Michael Glasser, lying shamelessly.