Xcode is probably the best development platform available for Apple device users, but if you’re using a non-Apple device such as a Windows or Linux-based PC, then you’ll quickly discover that Apple hasn’t released a cross-platform port of Xcode or any means of developing on any system besides that of macOS.
While the Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage lately with respect to headlines, we car across something on social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) this week involving the original Nintendo Switch that may have some of you doing a double take, and rightfully so.
Virtual machines have long been used by Mac owners to run non-native operating systems or several instances of macOS on their workstation. Likewise, Docker containers have often been used in conjunction with virtual machines to enhance security, improve migration, and offer a more user-configurable environment.
While the palera1n jailbreak has proven to be resilient for arm64 (A11 and older) devices due to being based on a bootrom hardware-based exploit called checkm8 that can’t be patched by Apple with a mere software update, the fact remains that a lot of people are turned off by it being a command line-based jailbreak tool as opposed to offering an easy click-based graphical user interface (GUI) like checkra1n once did.
While AltStore works great for sideloading apps onto iPhones and iPads from Mac and Windows PCs with AltServer installed on them, Linux users find themselves with no official support, and many third-party forks exhibit Wi-Fi reliability issues. This is a major problem considering AltServer’s dependence on Wi-Fi.
Mac owners can download and use VMware's Fusion Pro and Workstation Pro virtualization apps to run Windows in a virtual machine for free.
If you’re a Windows user who intends to jailbreak with palera1n-c, and you have no intention of dual-booting Linux on your computer, then the palen1x project is pretty much your only option.
One of the latest jailbreaks available as of right now is palera1n, a semi-tethered checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak that was just recently re-written in the C programming language for improved speed and reliability. But did you perhaps catch wind of something called palen1x?
AltStore, a popular piece of software used for sideloading apps on iPhones and iPads, is officially only supported on macOS and Windows. Still, that hasn’t stopped motivated developers from making unofficial Linux-compatible options.
If you’ve sideloaded any apps or used a semi-untethered jailbreak at all in the past several years, then you’ve undoubtedly heard about or used AltStore and AltServer to install them.
AltServer and AltStore are a software duet that utilizes free or paid Apple Developer-enabled Apple IDs to sign and install apps outside of the App Store.
Checkra1n is one of the best ways to jailbreak an iPhone or iPad if you have a compatible device (A7-A11) because it utilizes an un-patchable hardware-based bootrom exploit known as checkm8. Perhaps the only notable caveat to checkra1n is that it’s a semi-tethered jailbreak, which means that you need a computer to return to a jailbroken state if you reboot your device for any reason.