Comment by alwillis

16 hours ago

Like any other Apple Silicon Mac, you can't currently boot into Linux but Apple has native container support that Linux works on [1].

[1]: https://github.com/apple/container

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Retr0id  16 hours ago

I'm writing this from Linux running natively (not virtualized) on an Apple Silicon mac (M1 Pro)

  • dwedge  13 hours ago

    How does it function? Last time I tried was a 2018 Intel MBP and it was a gamble where I would always lose either WiFi (despite the driver being in the installer iso) or the keyboard. I'm aware it's a totally different architecture, but I also seem to remember comments about that one too before I tried.

    • Retr0id  12 hours ago

      It's the best linux-on-laptop experience I've had so far (including various Thinkpads). Never had any issues with wifi nor bluetooth (I'm streaming music via bluetooth via spotify via wifi, right now). The only missing feature I personally care about at this point is HDR support. There's no thunderbolt yet, but I don't own any thunderbolt peripherals in the first place.

      There is occasional jank, but nothing out of the ordinary.

  • alwillis  16 hours ago

    I'm aware of that option, but that's not something the average user is going to do. But knock yourself out if you want to try it.

    • nar001  12 hours ago

      I'm confused, you weren't talking about what the average user would do, just about what it can? Asahi Linux is pretty good, not sure why that'd be a real issue?