I’m looking for an Apple MacBook Air M2 alternative that could run Linux.

I need something fanless, super lightweight with very long battery life. The only apps I use are Shotcut video editor, Chrome and Firefox.

Any advice?

Is it a good idea to get a MacBook Air m2 and use something like Asahi Linux or should I wait for arm linux laptops to become available.

  • bloodfart
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    10 months ago

    the m1 is fine with asahi. i don’t personally own one but i’ve worked on em in the past and its getting better by the day still.

    idk about the m2 but it seems fine. people complain about the battery life being worse on asahi.

    it’s gonna be years before arm laptops in general hit the scene in a big way and they’ll have the same problems that smartphones and sbcs have (weird non mainline kernel support, etc).

    that’s not to say it isn’t happening, just that it’s happening slowly. you want to be in the big common platform as the transition to arm happens and like it or not, that’s apple.

    if i were you i’d get the m2 and dual boot asahi. when its broke you still got the apple os that works fine.