Interesting - can run Fedora Linux on Silicon Macs now

[donawalt]

Installs straight from MacOS - takes over entire machine....

You Can Now Run Fedora Linux on Apple Silicon Macs - OS X Daily

Want to run Linux on your M1 or M2 Mac? You can now run Fedora Linux on most Apple Silicon Macs, including all models of M1 and M2 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, Mac Studio, or iMacs. Fedora Asahi Remix is the first full Linux distribution to support the M1 and M2 processor series ... Read More

osxdaily.com

 

[bogdanw]

See "Linux running natively on M1" https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/linux-running-natively-on-m1.2309344/page-6

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Yeah that's been there for a while. The Asahi team has been making great strides in bringing GNU/Linux to Apple Silicon, hell they singlehandedly made Linus Torvalds realize the potential of ARM and he even uses a Macbook Pro now. Here's a little keynote they gave to the KDE Community about their progress and how Asahi came to be

However, I would strongly advise against trying to use this to daily drive, at least for now. Asahi still has a long way to go as GPU drivers are not fully ready yet. Hell I wouldn't recommend even trying to install a dualboot unless you got a spare Mac and know what you're doing. Instead, I would recommend you try it out in a virtual machine.

 

[chown33]

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