connect via adapters to a surprisingly wide range of accessories including MIDI devices and RJ45 Ethernet. It may surprise you that the other Lightning iPads can use many USB accessories, too, with an [adapter](https://support.apple.com/en-us/111811).

Linux on Apple Silicon is now a proven concept. Asahi Linux already allows you to run Linux on Apple Silicon MacBooks. There are now also projects that run Linux on [A7, A8(X)](http://web.archive.org/web/20220612082221/https://konradybcio.pl/linuxona7/), and [A10 (with GUI)](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_7_with_dead_nand_netbooting/) chips, and some support even got upstreamed to the mainline kernel [with 5.13](https://lists.linaro.org/archives/list/tcwg-commits%40lists.linaro.org/2021/4/?page=25), but they are unnecessarily sketchy for now as they rely on a hardware bootrom exploit (CheckM8) that only exists on certain models. If Apple signs open source bootloaders, then an exploit won't be needed, and developers can likely sort out compatibility issues as they have done in the past.

# The Message

All that we need from Apple is to relax the firmware signing to allow third-party bootloaders. If Apple won't do it, make laws to force it happen. Similar changes already happened with the Type-C port on iPhones which is only more difficult than this.

**Repost this everywhere you can. Share it to your family and friends who are hit by memory price hikes. Request your favorite influencers to make videos on this issue. Call your representatives. There is no better time than right now to push for the change, so don't let the precious opportunity slip away from us.**

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