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Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by e-clinton on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:29AM (#32117036)
Linux x86 has a hard time consistently supporting drivers of popular hardware (WIFI, for example). I doubt ARM will ever be a thing for consumer systems, let alone Apple silicon.
Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by _ph_ on Saturday July 16, 2022 @08:45AM (#32117476)
I wouldn't say so. The nice thing about the Apple Silicon seems to be, that the hardware is pretty constant. So once WIFI works, it should continue to work, maybe with minor tweaks on each generation. Lenovo just announced an ARM laptop too, and I got the impression that they are officially planning for Linux support.
Re:The 13-Inch MacBook Air by beninsydney on Saturday July 16, 2022 @08:13AM (#32117282)
I don't think it's likely any time soon but forcing Apple etc to provide drivers would be a pretty natural extension of the 'right to repair' and other tech regulation demanding interoperability, to guarantee M1/M2/etc devices remain useful beyond their years of macOS support.