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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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anyone who uses Linux on apple silicon or another arm device (self.linux)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by richardisaguy to c/[email protected]

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No, android does not count.

Is there anyone who daily drives Linux on apple silicon or other ARM hardware? If so, then how is your experience, would you recommend it?

For at least 3 years, I've been wanting to get an apple silicon mac to daily drive Linux on, lately I've been seriously considering getting one of these machines, or even other ARM hardware, like the thinkpad x13s or even the new Qualcomm laptops.

I'm pretty much sold on a used macbook air m1 at this point, but I still wish to hear what other people have to say

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[–] Zer0_F0x 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dunno if that counts, but I was given a Macbook Air M2 from work that I didn't need and I've been happily running macOs on it for simple daily use.

Whenever the situation requires Linux I fire up one of 3 distros I have as a VM and they work like a charm. I pass-through one of the USB ports to the VM and it's basically an M1 with Linux at that point in terms of performance (well not really, but it's very smooth, no complaints).

Might wanna go that route instead, just run macOs natively and your favorite distro as a VM.

[–] Womble 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What do you use as a vm on an arm mac? I was looking into this a while back to run linux on my work m3 macbook but i couldnt find any good options

[–] Zer0_F0x 1 points 4 months ago

Mainly Kali for my needs, completely hassle-free on VMware but any ARM version should work.

Want me to try a particular distro as a test?