Hardware support and image-building resources for Linux on Apple devices. This repository owns device descriptions, kernel patches/configuration, firmware recipes, recovery tooling and the device runtime. It does not depend on a desktop distribution or the host CLI.
Currently: iPad 6 Wi-Fi (iPad7,5, J71b), experimental. Boot is tethered and GPU acceleration is not available.
For installing and starting a published system, use the Orchard CLI. Its release requirements select compatible CLI and hardware wheels automatically.
For building components or another image, follow BUILD.md. All commands run from this repository or installed package resources; no sibling source checkout is needed.
- Kernel producers
- J71b compatibility audit and validation limits
- Recovery tools
- GitHub builds and release ordering
- Shared launcher build and publication
- Device protocol
Public packages contain recipes and code, not private Apple firmware, calibration, device trees captured from hardware, or session credentials. Device-specific inputs are prepared separately on the user's host.
See LICENSE, NOTICE, LICENSES/, and per-file SPDX identifiers for component licenses and upstream credits.