A: Not natively. You need a Windows VM (VirtualBox with USB passthrough) or Wine. However, SPI timing is poor in emulation. Use a dedicated Windows laptop or dual-boot.
The magic of ASProgrammer 21013 lies in its hardware agnosticism (with a bias toward cheap adapters). Here is the verified hardware list that works flawlessly with this version: asprogrammer 21013
Technical Post-Mortem: Optimizing Asynchronous State Persistence A: Not natively
Why is this specific build, , the subject of so many forum threads and YouTube tutorials? In software development, not every release is a step forward. Several versions released after 2.1.0.13 introduced regressions: asprogrammer 21013