Since the launch of the new M1 Macs, developers have been working to manage various operating systems on the Apple Silicon platform, including Windows and Linux. Thanks to Corellium, it’s possible to run Ubuntu – a popular Linux distro – on new Macs with M1 chips.
The announcement was made on Twitter by Corellium’s CTO Chris Wade. Corellium offers solutions for virtualization of ARM devices and platforms, and it was recently involved in a case with Apple over a tool that allows users to virtualize iOS.
This time around, the Corellium team brought Linux to the M1 Macs with a customized version of Ubuntu that supports the full user interface, in addition to USB, I2C and DART – which was not supported in previous Linux ports for the new Macs. According to Wade, this makes the Linux experience ‘completely usable’ on Macs with M1 chips.
However, the current port still has limitations. For example, you probably need a USB-C dongle to use the network when you upload Linux, not to mention the fact that there is currently no hardware acceleration. Still, it’s very interesting to see that they’ve managed to run a full version of Linux on the new Macs with ARM – based chips – and the project is still in beta.
The Ubuntu port has been released on GitHub for users who want to install it on an M1 Mac, but keep in mind that the process is quite difficult for those who do not know Linux development.
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