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.

  • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    The only company that can achieve that kind of efficiency is Apple. I say this as a proud Apple hater.

    It is not about efficiency, we already know for some time that x86 is not really efficient compared to newer architectures like arm and risc.

    But no other ecosystem exists that can force such an architecture move without much much more problems.

    So i would rephrase it as "The only company that can force that kind of fundamental change on its user and developers is Apple"

    I am not saying it is a bad thing (just alone the rosetta translate layer is actually really impressive). Would love to have some actually good and mainstream arm options such as Linux Laptop.