[blu3h4t]

May I ask something, I want an apple silicone MacBook Air and I am probably just be running Linux on it, what are pros and cons of getting an m1 vs m2? Except for more ram or so. Thx

[Perz1val]

The short answer is that it's just a stupid idea (and a waste of money). Asahi only works somewhat ok on M1.

[Jnr]

Agreed, it is not that stable/usable. I tested it on M1 Pro and was hopeful, but after some years I realized it is not viable for daily use. Many things still don't work and I doubt that they will any time soon. Last year I was given M4 Pro at work and it is not supported at all.

Looking at the drama and people stepping down, I don't think MacBooks will be properly supported on Linux in this decade.

[blu3h4t]

Sorry but I just can let it, I bought a Microsoft dev kit 2023 just to test hundreds of gigabytes of windows software I’m responsible for would deploy on it with the system center :D If that software would also Work ofcourse is another thing. :D

[brabel]

Are you coming from Windows? MacOS is a BSD descendant so it’s quite Unix-y. I never miss Linux on it and I used to only use Linux. Just learn how to get around the minor annoyances (eg the file explorer sucks , I use eMacs for that) and it’s a fine OS. It’s really not worthwhile trying to install anything else on the Mac.

[pjmlp]

macOS as UNIX is pretty fine for anyone that is happy with UNIX, and isn't looking for yet another Linux distribution.

Now anyone that treats it with the attitude that whatever Linux distros do is UNIX, there are enough surprises in there.

[SSLy]

m2 has magsafe

[dreamcompiler]

M2 Air has magsafe. M1 Air does not.

[brookst]

My M1 Pro has MagSafe.

[4gotunameagain]

What is this, quora ?