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Does MBP run Linux? That would be the selling point for me ... But I guess I am not in a big group. Also MBP is not really repairable at all.
by Neikius 6mo ago
Does MBP run Linux? That would be the selling point for me ... But I guess I am not in a big group.
Also MBP is not really repairable at all.
- adityamwagh 6mo agoYes, see https://asahilinux.org/ https://asahilinux.org/
- I_am_tiberius 6mo agoWould be super interested if any person on this planet uses this as the main driver.
- gedy 6mo agoI do, for work at least. Works nice aside from the lack of USB-C monitor (mine has a HDMI output so not a huge deal for me.)
- blt 6mo agoIn the dev branch now! https://asahilinux.org/2026/02/progress-report-6-19/ https://asahilinux.org/2026/02/progress-report-6-19/ I will attempt to use Asahi as my daily driver once this is officially released.
- Retr0id 6mo agoI do.
- jazzyjackson 5mo agoYes its much less annoying than macos on my m1 macbook.
- ErneX 6mo agoNot the M5.
- adityamwagh 6mo agoIt eventually will. But OP never asked about M5 specifically.
- tredre3 6mo agoNo, but OP was comparing the pricing of brand new laptops, so it was implied that they wouldn't be M1/M2 hence not supported by Asahi.
- benoau 6mo agoEventually in this context might be 4+ years from now.
- hmry 6mo agoAFAIK Asahi development needs some hypervisor features for reverse engineering macOS drivers that only exist on M1-M3 and were removed on M4+. So yeah, it may be several years until they get support (or never, if nobody steps up to do it).
- Anonyneko 6mo agoM1 and M2 models run Asahi Linux, M3 and M4 don't run anything natively I think (but not entirely sure).
- bestouff 6mo agoM1 and M2 run Linux but don't expect usable battery life, Thunderbolt output or a few other niceties.
- Neikius 6mo agoAh ofc I forgot. But iirc not everything works and battery life will probably suck, no? So not really a consideration in this case of price comparison. It is an option though :) Personally I also can't stand the exterior design, albeit overall hardware of MBP is good. Guess if I land an old MBP this is what I'd do with it.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6mo agoHow is Thunderbolt or display port alt mode support?
- pdpi 6mo ago> But I guess I am not in a big group. Big enough that they specifically targeted that exact group with this laptop.
- rjh29 6mo agoProbably a small group but worth more money.
- TiredOfLife 6mo agoOn macbook you could emulate windows. Inside windows emulate linux. And it would still be much faster than this framework
- dtj1123 5mo agoName checks out.
- echelon 6mo agoI would love a MBP that ran Linux. I am not a fan of MacOS (though it's one of my two daily drivers). What I really want is for other hardware vendors to catch up. I like Apple hardware but hate their software.
- knivets 5mo agoPractically, if you have AppleCare you don't need to worry about repairability.
- Tade0 5mo agoI worry about e-waste and having AppleCare doesn't really help here.