![]() ![]() But most Android hardware ranges from mildly to very hostile to users who want regular Linux - even if there's a bootloader unlock, the hardware is going to require all sorts of extra vendor-proprietary drivers that won't work with a standard distro. I think the current crop of Windows on ARM machines will also let you install Linux, of course. The work being done on Asahi Linux, on the other hand, is very likely to carry forward to M2, M2 Pro/Max, etc.įWIW, M1 Macs are also one of the few ARM platforms that will let you actually install regular GNU-and-Wayland desktop Linux. Linus Torvalds has famously gone on multiple rants about how much of a mess ARM chips are - every new chip usually meaning a full reshuffle of the register map and new drivers everywhere. Apple is unique in the ARM space in that they actually make an attempt at retaining compatibility across SoC iterations. ![]() Because, quite frankly, ARM silicon is held back by other vendors.
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