Ahead of the Linux 6.20~7.0 cycle kicking off next month, the Apple Silicon Device Tree updates have been sent out for queuing ahead of that next merge window. Notable this round are the Device Tree additions for rounding out the USB 2.0/3.x support with the USB-C ports.
Sven Peter sent out the Apple SoC DT updates this week for the Linux 6.20~7.0 cycle and most notable is radding all the needed pieces around USB3 support.
They keep the feature list fairly up to date:
https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/overview/
Yeah I was just browsing through that. What I don’t see, though, is any mention of how the battery life is, which is basically all I care about anymore. Is it on par with, or at least close to that of MacOS?
I’ve been reading it’s worse, but still quite good compared to other laptops. That’s a second-hand knowledge, as I’m in the same boat as you, eyeing M1 laptop for Linux support. Right now I’m on MacBook Pro 2014, and I’m very happy with it. Everything (but the camera, of which I don’t care) just works on Linux, so the only improvement I’m looking for is longer battery life. Mine is able to deliver up to 4 hours of light work, which is quite good for me, considering the battery is at 50% health. Basically, I’m just eyeing an escape plan to know what to do when the laptop would face any hardware issue. If it won’t, I guess, I may just swap the battery. But as the time goes, the M1 value is getting only better.