Apple doesn’t place any restrictions on doing this, in fact they have set it all up to make install Linux as convenient as possible without directly adding drivers to Linux.

Mainline Linux can now run all the critical features of apple silicon laptops and the remaining stuff like power management is really just waiting on someone to work out what the best way to modify Linux to support it would be.

Asahi Linux works decently well on Apple silicon Macs today.

Better than Linux on the vast majority of Windows laptops due to hardware stability and less variability.

I was responding to this:

> You can wipe it and install Linux and use the hardware you paid for unencumbered.

My point is, it works. In fact, it works fairly well. Some people use it as a daily driver.

Not all drivers are finished though, which is what I meant by "not all the hardware". By installing Asahi you are deliberately choosing to not use the GPU, not having brightness control and a few other things are missing.

With that in mind, my point stands: by installing Linux on an Apple Silicon machine, you cannot "use the hardware you paid for unencumbered."