Apple’s thumb drive with Ubuntu

[UbuntuMatt]

Hi,
I’ve read many times that IOS won’t support Linux. Will it (my iPad) run Ubuntu from Apple’s own flash/thumb drive if it’s loaded there?
TIA,
Matt

 

[KGIII]

No. Soon?

Have an old iPad lying around? You might be able to make it run Linux soon

Devs say they have Linux booting on devices using Apple A7- and A8-based chips.

arstechnica.com

iPad Linux

Linux on the iPad isn't a reality yet, at least not like on a desktop platform. With hardware becoming more and more powerful every year, obsolete iPadsshould be allowed to continue to serve a purpose. Obsolete iPads could be affordable personal computers and useful for project builds. We...

ipadlinux.org

 

[UbuntuMatt]

Hi,
I’ve read many times that IOS won’t support Linux. Will it (my iPad) run Ubuntu from Apple’s own flash/thumb drive if it’s loaded there?
TIA,
Matt

Matt,

It’s both part of the operating system (iOS) and Apple’s hardware today. You still can’t run Linux from a thumb drive of any kind even if it’s an Apple thumb drive - on an Apple device.

Think of it this way: the many decades that Windows ruled the world they were NOT going to let you run Apple‘s iOS from one of their Windows systems - whether it was from a desktop computer or laptop computer or a thumb drive it just wasn’t going to happen.

Now that Apple clearly rules the world they are going to do things much the same way as Microsoft did. They’re going to do things their way and not really pay attention to any of us.

 

[UbuntuMatt]

Matt,

It’s both part of the operating system (iOS) and Apple’s hardware today. You still can’t run Linux from a thumb drive of any kind even if it’s an Apple thumb drive - on an Apple device.

Think of it this way: the many decades that Windows ruled the world they were NOT going to let you run Apple‘s iOS from one of their Windows systems - whether it was from a desktop computer or laptop computer or a thumb drive it just wasn’t going to happen.

Now that Apple clearly rules the world they are going to do things much the same way as Microsoft did. They’re going to do things their way and not really pay attention to any of us.

Matt,

Great. Not really what I was hoping for but it answers my question thanks a lot.

Matt