> I admit, however, complete ignorance on how I’m supposed to install, say, Windows, on an M* Mac. As far as I knew, the T2 security chip or whatever is the dec

> I admit, however, complete ignorance on how I’m supposed to install, say, Windows, on an M* Mac. As far as I knew, the T2 security chip or whatever is the decider of that, and I wasn’t aware that Apple made any promises that they’d allow such a thing as an OS that isn’t signed with Apple’s certificates. What you’re saying is news to me so I’ll have to look it up. The problem with Windows is that Microsoft doesn’t sell an ARM installer directly to you. Here’s what the Linux situation looks like with a single command to install it: https://asahilinux.org/fedora/ https://asahilinux.org/fedora/ The process is described in detail here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Open-OS-Ecosystem-on-Apple-Silicon-Macs https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Open-OS-Ecosystem-on... The part you’re probably most interested in is here, where they describe how the different volumes use encryption so you can boot an unsigned OS which doesn’t have access to your primary macOS storage but can use a shared volume to exchange data intentionally, and some discussion about how Apple has made this easier over time: https://jamesb192.github.io/asahi-wiki-build/Apple-Platform-Security-Crash-Course/ https://jamesb192.github.io/asahi-wiki-build/Apple-Platform-...