Shayne Legault

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[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

A lot of progress being made bringing life back to old iPads!

[Henrik Klee @henrikklee]

@omarchy for iPad v0.3 dropping soon

- full GPU acceleration on iPad 6 and 7
- audio support
- 2x faster install (under 2 min)
- 90% less downloads
- login/lock screen with PIN code
- sleep/wake
- improved keyboard layout and UX**
- rotate screen
- proper adaptive charging
- file browser***

Most thoroughly tested on iPad 6. Lots of contributions for other devices as well. The installer allows installation on all devices that MIGHT work.

Up next:
- Full iPad 5 support including GPU @berkaykosebay
- new Orchard launcher enabling support for more chips
- Many more devices are WIP

Current compatibility matrix: https://t.co/JwIqpo6QAu

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@techiester83 @henrikklee @dhh @omarchy awesome! please add PRs for any features and fixes you get working https://t.co/Z4bFtWReCD

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

This build has Firefox but needs a lot of optimization work. Youtube plays at 1fps. No A4 devices in the Orchard project yet and your iPad has 256mb memory compared to the already small 512mb on the mini 1. NASA sent guys to the moon with 4kb of memory so not impossible here but would need effort.

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

iPad Mini 1 A5 running Orchard @omarchy untethered and can be re-launched after a hard device reboot. Not breaking any @dhh install speed records yet (this is 4min sped up).

Resized the on device HFS file system to create a new ext4 partition for install. Omarchy-a installed on the iPad storage on its own partition with persistent storage. iOS still exists. Legacy iPad dual booting iOS and Omarchy!

A lot of activity happening in the Orchard project https://t.co/NLX7HkxGZn

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@Remo_Pr0 9.3.5 **

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@Remo_Pr0 Untethered jailbreak on 9.3.6. No downgrade needed. https://t.co/n7CG5ePpXS

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@fsfarimani @omarchy @dhh I've got no android devices but i see these guys are doing a lot of omarchy mobile work for pixel phones https://t.co/j1mY46ZTUe

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@Dugs @omarchy @dhh we're getting there!

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@techiester83 @henrikklee @dhh @omarchy Lots of optimization still needed to make anything web browser based an ok speed on low memory. Step by step!

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@techiester83 @henrikklee lots of stuff being merged here https://t.co/TBic1XJhnq

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

Omarchy running on a 1st gen iPad mini. Work in progress…. You can just do things.

Built on the progress from Omarchy-a @henrikklee and Project-Cascadia.

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@OmarchyUpdates iPad mini 1st gen from 2012. Broken screen and all! Adding more support every day for iPads and iPhones. https://t.co/TBic1XJhnq

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@BitcoinGrower @omarchy @henrikklee very cool. look how far we've come in a couple days! i got bluetooth and power on my list for the ipad mini 1 next. seeing what magic i can make for storage and eventually untethered.

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

iPhone 6 with @omarchy Orchard Linux. This thing is a rocket ship compared to the iPad mini 1. 1GB memory vs 512 on the iPad makes a big difference I think. Lots of opportunity to optimize both devices still.
@henrikklee got all this rolling and https://t.co/NLX7HkxGZn is the place to be for Apple A series devices!

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@Tasty1125586 @omarchy @henrikklee start here! https://t.co/RokajZmIwa

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@JohnLiquidity @omarchy @henrikklee Anything is possible! Different chip and hardware in the 6S than the 6 but new hardware support is being constantly added https://t.co/Z4bFtWReCD

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@anthonyreikai @omarchy @henrikklee new devices are being added to the Orchard project every day! If it can be jailbroken thats step #1 to making it possible. Check here for the specific model and iOS version https://t.co/CFo7HgWm3p

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@Dugs @henrikklee @omarchy whenever I see anything on the screen thats not iOS app icons it feels like great progress!

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@BitcoinGrower @omarchy @henrikklee thats great!

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@Remo_Pr0 I cant confirm the iPad 2 without testing it, but same A5 chip should get it most of the way there. Specific drivers likely needed. New device support is being added fast to the Orchard project! https://t.co/Z4bFtWReCD

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

Update on this the last 24hrs. Arch is running on iPad mini A5 and an iPhone 6 A8. Cascadia kernel 6.12 on the iPad and Orchard 7.3 on the iPhone.

iPad is close to having an untethered install directly on the HFS+ old file system. iPhone should be able to get untethered using some existing orchard Linux APFS work.

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

Omarchy running on a 1st gen iPad mini. Work in progress…. You can just do things.

Built on the progress from Omarchy-a @henrikklee and Project-Cascadia.

[Shayne Legault @shayne_legault]

@zieecodes wifi and touch are working now. next up is bluetooth and power/charging.