Re: criterion change proposal: macOS dual-boot

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On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:55:33AM +0100, Kamil Paral wrote:
> Our current macOS (still called OS X) dual boot criterion says:
> 
> "The installer must be able to install into free space alongside an
> existing OS X installation, install and configure a bootloader that will
> boot Fedora."
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Final_Release_Criteria#OS_X_dual_boot
> 
> I suggest renaming  "OS X" to "macOS" in the section title and in the
> criterion text. That reflects the name change that Apple did in the past.
> 
> I also suggest adding this footnote:
> "Footnote: Supported hardware
> This criterion only covers Mac devices with an Intel x86_64 processor."
> 
> That makes it explicit that we don't support the latest ARM-based M<number>
> custom processors, nor the older PowerPC-based devices. I originally wanted
> to link to some official Fedora requirements, but we don't seem to have any
> (for Macs), so at least a footnote here.
> 
> Thoughts?

+1 to those changes, makes sense. 

I am not sure 100% of intel macs are supported either however. 
I have a macbook here with the touchbar thing and last I tried it,
fedora will boot, but the keyboard doesn't work at all. That was like a
year or so ago tho, so I should try again. ;)

kevin

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