• jnod4@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    The only reason I’m not buying an M series macbook is because I thought there’s no Linux support, have things changed? Is it all unofficial?

    • TheThunderWolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      support is neither official (by apple) nor unofficial (a hack), you can install other operating systems to apple silicon macs without any jailbreaks/hacks, but linux was ported by a community team

      only m1 and m2 are properly supported

      m3 is WIP, m4 is very WIP, m5 and m6 idk if are even started

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      19 hours ago

      M1 and M2 got unofficial Linux support pretty quickly. M3 still lacks GPU support last I checked and Apple is on M6 now. The oldest devices they sell are M4 and M1 is a year away from losing all support from Apple from what I was told, so yes things have changed but not in a good way. I’ve heard that the Framework 13 Pro might be a decent alternative though