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Intel straggler here. And I'll remain one until Linux runs flawlessly on the newer generation. I have an older Thinkpad as my main workhorse and a now quite old Macbook air for on the road, it's battery has been shot for a long time but it still works quite good when plugged in and I'm too much of a miser to have it replaced. But if there is a way to run a full Linux distro on the newer hardware then I'll probably buy one. But I'm under no illusion that Apple makes their hardware to cater to me and that's perfectly fine.

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Check out asahilinux.org - I have archlinux arm running as my main OS on Air M1 for a year now.

I recommend sponsoring Hector Martin here: https://github.com/sponsors/marcan

Yes, he's continuing to work on the long tail of drivers needed for Linux on Apple silicon. Looks like lately he's working on speakersafetyd, a daemon that will monitor audio levels and keep the builtin speakers from being damaged: https://github.com/marcan?tab=overview&from=2023-09-01&to=20...

You shouldn't link to Asahi Linux sites or individuals here - they (Asahi) don't like that.

How is anyone supposed to know this etiquette rule that you claim? As far as I know people are free to link to whatever they like subject to the laws of relevant jurisdictions.

For my part I would say that you shouldn't police other people and tell them what to do in public, or if you do it, soften it sightly.

You're not supposed to know it, unless someone tells you - that's what I'm doing.

I completely agree that "don't link to my site" is a ridiculous request - I'm not saying that I approve of it. But it's what they want - and the Asahi project has numerous problems with it anyway, so avoiding drawing attention from HN has some benefits to everyone.

My apologies if it sounded like I was policing - that was not my intent.

If you think it's a ridiculous request to not link to them, then why did you say I shouldn't link to them in the first place?

I reject the notion that I shouldn't link to someone in good faith, regardless of whether they like it.

I said that you shouldn't because Marcan is a toxic and abrasive individual, and so not linking to him or the Asahi Linux project is beneficial.

> I reject the notion that I shouldn't link to someone in good faith, regardless of whether they like it.

In general, I completely agree!

What problems?

Read for context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33793049 Creator of Asahi Linux didn’t like the way some HN commenters talked about the project and/or some livestreams in that and other threads, and started trying to block incoming links with a HN referer.

They're a small team, they can only handle/reverse-engineer the M1 as of now.

edit: looks like they are make bigger strides than I thought on M2 as well https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#m2-p...

How many hours of battery life do you typically get when running Linux on the M1?

I'm still holding out for HDMI output support so I can use it with the dock at work. But otherwise the project looks really good.

Replace it yourself using iFixit instructions and parts. Just screws and plugs, easy peasy.

was going to say this as well. The battery replacement process is pretty easy.

> it's battery has been shot for a long time but it still works quite good when plugged in and I'm too much of a miser to have it replaced

Consider a battery pack? I have a Bluetti K2 and get far more hours running heavy workloads than people report on M1. It's never bothered me carrying it around, though some might care I guess.

My only regret is that it's slightly over the amount that is legal on planes in most jurisdictions.

Guessing using two smaller capacity battery packs instead isn't workable?

The KWh limit on planes is a total amount, not individual device, I guess you can split it up amongst people if you want to.

Gotten so much mileage out of this laptop battery, especially on long distance trains, but it's a no go on planes by being so slightly over the limit.

I'm curious. I run Ubuntu in a VM Fusion VM on my (Intel) Mac. Would that not work on a M-series Mac?

Absolutely! VMWare Fusion supports Apple Silicon (as do several other VM software, like Parallels.

I don't know if this is at all helpful, but I have Ubuntu running nicely inside Orbstack on a Mac Studio. Obviously it's all running inside MacOS though, but it works.

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