Is it too early to give this a go as a new Linux user? From my research online Asahi is my option but it’s still very limited.
It works fairly well. A “daily driver” if you don’t mind tinkering. Installed some basic dev tools, runtimes, and container workloads. You’ll miss some QOL and efficiencies compared to macOS, and I couldn’t quite get the trackpad to feel as good, but that’s pretty par-for-the-course when it comes to running a non-macOS OS on a MacBook.
Since dual-boot is the default install option, doesn’t hurt to carve other some space for Asahi and give it a whirl. You’re intended to be able to use both on the same system as needed.
I have plenty of RAM and I run Linux on a VM. Works like a charm. You can even use open source hypervisors like UTM.
I wouldn’t bother running it on bare metal just yet.
This, I do most of my work in a Lima VM. Looking forward to replacing macos though
You could also run Gentoo on it. Quite a few people are running it successfully: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Jared/Gentoo_On_An_M1_Mac
Thanks! Will look into it. My needs are simple so as long as I can handle a few things I want to try.
