<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
can	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
devices	O
made	O
by	O
Apple	O
,	O
including	O
devices	O
where	O
the	O
unlocking	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
bootloader	I-Application
is	O
not	O
possible	O
with	O
an	O
official	O
procedure	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
iPhones	B-Application
and	O
iPads	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
software	O
developers	O
Konrad	O
Dybcio	O
and	O
Markuss	O
Broks	O
managed	O
to	O
run	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
5.18	O
on	O
a	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Alpine	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
based	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
called	O
postmarketOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
primarily	O
developed	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
2.6	I-Operating_System
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
3G	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Application
(	O
1st	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
iPod	B-Operating_System
Touch	I-Operating_System
(	O
1st	O
generation	O
)	O
using	O
OpeniBoot	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corellium	O
's	O
Project	O
Sandcastle	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
an	O
iPhone	O
7/7	O
+	O
or	O
an	O
iPod	B-Operating_System
Touch	I-Operating_System
(	O
7th	O
generation	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
checkra1n	O
exploit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPodLinux	O
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
created	O
specifically	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPod	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
dual-booted	B-Operating_System
on	O
Macs	O
that	O
use	O
Motorola	B-Device
680x0	I-Device
processors	O
(	O
only	O
68020	O
and	O
higher	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
non-	O
"	O
EC	O
"	O
processor	O
variants	O
since	O
an	O
MMU	B-General_Concept
is	O
required	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux/mac68k	O
community	O
project	O
provides	O
resources	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
m68k	B-Device
community	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Debian	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerPC	B-Architecture
Macs	O
can	O
run	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
through	O
both	O
emulation	B-Application
and	O
dual-booting	B-Operating_System
(	O
"	O
bare	O
metal	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
popular	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
emulation	B-Application
tools	O
for	O
Mac	O
OS/Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
are	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
PC	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
open-source	O
QEMU	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
dual-booting	B-Operating_System
is	O
achieved	O
by	O
partitioning	O
the	O
boot	O
drive	O
,	O
installing	O
the	O
Yaboot	B-Application
bootloader	O
onto	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
partition	O
,	O
and	O
selecting	O
that	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
partition	O
as	O
the	O
Startup	O
Disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
results	O
in	O
users	O
being	O
prompted	O
to	O
select	O
whether	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
boot	O
into	O
Mac	O
OS	O
or	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
when	O
the	O
machine	O
starts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
had	O
official	O
versions	O
compatible	O
with	O
Mac	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
ports	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
discontinued	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
Gentoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macs	O
with	O
Intel	O
processors	O
can	O
run	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
through	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
or	O
through	O
dual-booting	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
tools	O
for	O
Intel	O
Macs	O
include	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
Fusion	I-Operating_System
,	O
Parallels	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
,	O
and	O
VirtualBox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Whitson	O
Gordon	O
from	O
Lifehacker	O
noted	O
that	O
Apple	O
has	O
streamlined	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
dual	B-Operating_System
booting	I-Operating_System
Windows	O
on	O
Macs	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
rEFIt	B-Device
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
dual	B-Operating_System
boot	I-Operating_System
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Asahi	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
project	O
is	O
porting	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
to	O
the	O
M1	B-Device
(	O
and	O
up	O
)	O
based	O
SoCs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asahi	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
is	O
currently	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
incomplete	O
preview	O
.	O
</s>
