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How is Linux on the M1 Macbook Pro? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking to pick up an old M1 macbook from my work if I can slap linux on it and turn it into a usable laptop. Its the A2338

I'm most worried about hardware support and running into constant wifi, keyboard and software bugs.

Does anyone have experience using this class of device with linux?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

M1 running Asahi is mostly fine. You'll be missing some major features though, most notably the GPU hardware acceleration for certain things, and port features like Thunderbolt: https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m1/#table-of-contents

Also, the leader of the project quit awhile back, and development seems somewhat stalled/slow now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I dont even know what Thunderbolt is so I probably wont miss it, however no gpu hardware acceleration must hurt quite a bit. Do you notice it to be sluggish?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Basic stuff is fine, but anything video or gaming related is a struggle. I've also noticed the power saving benefits aren't there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

do you plug things like monitors in over usb-c? that may not work without thunderbolt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

nah i wont be plugging anything in. Just laptopping. But im not going to grab the m1 laptop and ill grab the 2019 intel one instead.