Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree

Re:Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree by pfranz on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:10AM (#26747204)

Is that true generally? I know my old (2008?) Macbook Pro supported Linux well, but I think that took a few years to get things like good trackpad, bluetooth, and wifi support. I remember getting a new one and it couldn't boot into the installer for most distros and still had driver issues (that might have been resolved).

Macs seem to support Linux a few years after release. They were usually a great choice when modern macOS got too slow for that model.

I also never found a good fit on the Windows side for a Linux laptop. I always ran Linux on a desktop. So maybe I would choose a Mac laptop to run Linux...

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Re:Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree by tumblewit on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:14AM (#26747225)

Linux support on consumer hardware depends on community contribution generally. So it will take time generally to have good support. However in 2021 it’s no longer necessary to buy a good laptop and struggle to put linux on it. There are some great linux options like the xps developer edition or system76 and i know thinkpads also have a lineup now of linux. These generally should have good linux drivers for hardware (though for certain oems it’s not necessarily the case the drivers will be open source). System76 is probably the go to linux laptop right now.

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Re:Initial M1 support merged into Linux SoC tree by valparaiso on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:16AM (#26747239)

Yes. Linux core maintainers wrote article on LWN several years ago why the love and use MacBooks.

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