What must be done to bring Linux to the Apple M1 chip
Why would that be so hard you ask? Doesn't Linux run on almost every processor in the world from 80386s to IBM s390x to SPARC? Hasn't Linux been running on the ARM family since 1995? Yes and yes. But, in earlier cases, Linux developers had access to the chip's firmware, microcode, and documentation. That's not the case with the M1. Torvalds would love to run Linux on these next-generation Macs. "I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS. And I don't have the time to tinker with it, or the inclination to figh...
Source: zdnet.com