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Linux on the 1st Generation Apple TV – Part 2

Posted on October 13, 2018April 29, 2025 by tommy

If you’re looking for a full, bootable Linux image my post RetroArch on the 1st Generation Apple TV has a Debian Stretch build available. You have two options for Linux. OSMC (https://osmc.tv/download/). Downloading the Apple TV images to a USB drive and booting is the easiest path to get Linux on the Apple TV. It…

Linux on the 1st Generation Apple TV – Part 1

Posted on October 10, 2018June 26, 2026 by tommy

If you’re looking for a full, bootable Linux image my post RetroArch on the 1st Generation Apple TV has a Debian Stretch build available. The original Apple TV released in 2007. By the time these went on sale, Apple computers were already in transition-mode to Intel processors. Although Apple’s mainstream lineup carried Intel’s then-new “Core”…