Comment by follower
10 months ago
> Where is the demand for it?
There was at least one person who said[0]:
"I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. [...] I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS."
Seems like the same person has even used Asahi to make a Linux kernel release[1][2].
But Linux presumably doesn't have the resources to go chasing hardware platform support based on the whims of a singular Linux kernel developer/maintainer/creator.
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[0] https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=196533&curpost...
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgrz5BBk=rCz7W28Fj_o02s0X...
[2] via: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-...
I also think it would be cool to run Linux on my MacBook. But that alone isn't reason enough to add support for it.
Linux runs on over 90% of all production servers on the planet, think about that. If you introduce a change it needs to work and be maintained, if you add something but then later realise you dont have the resources to maintain it you can't remove it. You have created more work for yourself. Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1172/