https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/28/linux-kernel-5-13-officially-...
And it's doubtful Microsoft would ever go through the same effort to port Windows on ARM to the M1, instead probably relying on Apple's virtualization framework to allow it to run.
One or two steps short of the hermetic lockdown of iOS devices.
I think the comments in 9to5mac are just as bewildered as I and many users are. By the time a guide is written, they would have moved on to getting an M1X or M2 Macbook, still waiting.
It's only got kernel support, but is actually still not 'user ready'. Could take months for that to happen.
* Not decrying Asahi, they've done a lot of work and continue to do so. But it's best not to misrepresent the project's status.
I'm currently working on reverse engineering the display controller and will move onto the GPU after that. Alyssa has been working on the GPU userspace stack and the GLES2 tests are 80% or so passing, running mesa on macOS (open source userspace, Apple's kernel driver).
I've spent a lot of time brainstorming the installer and researching the approach, and we already have manual install guide. I'll work on that as soon as the GPU kernel stuff is on track.
As for userspace, there's nothing to be done for basic support; you can install any distro userspace you like. The main things there are the Mesa driver and, eventually, helpers for stuff like the Touch Bar (obviously we'll get the non-TB Macs running nicely earlier, TB is an annoying complication).
Things are in various stages of development and review, and yes, only IRQ, UART and basic bring-up is upstreamed, but I think you'll find things get to end-user usability a lot faster than you might think.
Exactly my point as I have already said. We know it is not user ready but the parent comment is making as if it is already running on M1 Macs; which is hardly true.
To debunk the M1 Linux hype squad again, it does not work to the point of it being usable and will take months to get it 'user ready'.
But now with Macbooks reaching $2k for a decent base model on the horizon, I'm really starting to just dip further into Linux every day. At least with ext4, btrfs, or zfs I can access those files on different operating systems. APFS? Have fun with recovering those backups without having to shell out for another Mac. Not to mention the OS is free. Had I still been an avid gamer Windows would hold it's leash on me, but Windows 11 is not looking better either.
I've successfully used Paragon's APFS filesystem driver to mount an encrypted APFS drive on Linux. The price was reasonable too: https://www.paragon-software.com/home/apfs-linux/
Your point still stands, though, with those soldered in SSDs needed for the boot process...
I really wish I could get Ubuntu on a Samsung Galaxy Book Go, but it seems it isn't possible (?)
And System76 are apure-Linux operation building their own open source firmware in house to get the level of support and features they want.
I don't think x86 will die so quickly, and Linux has been getting a lot more support from OEMs recently than it has historically.
The UI was a breath of fresh air compared to Big Sur. Despite the screen being smaller than my M1 the information density was higher and it felt more like a tool than a toy. The lack of bullshit apps such as Apple TV, News & co and useless "widgets" was also good (for all of iTunes' flaws, it's still better than its modern successors), and it somehow felt faster despite being less than half the processing power of the M1.
I now wish I could run this on my M1 but alas I can't. At least with PCs and older Macs you could always switch to Windows or Linux, but with the M1 you're currently screwed - if Apple drops the ball or decides to take their OS in a direction you don't like you currently have no alternative (and all the "security" around locking out the user from their own machine doesn't bode well for alternative OSes).