Booting from USB a full Ubuntu desktop (rpi). Linux is now completely usable on the Mac mini M1. Virtualization seems to be Apple’s preferred method, but that hasn’t stopped people from making their own ports.
Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, has previously ruled out official support for natively booting alternate operating systems like Windows or Linux. While a number of M1 components are shared with Apple’s mobile chips, the non-standard chips made it challenging to create Linux drivers to get Ubuntu running properly.Īpple hasn’t designed its M1 Macs with dual-boot or Boot Camp in mind. The team at Corellium have detailed exactly how they managed to get Ubuntu running, and it’s a good in-depth read if you’re interested in the details. The modified version of Ubuntu boots into the regular user interface and includes USB support. Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing, has successfully ported Ubuntu over to M1 Macs and released a tutorial for others to follow.
A new Linux port allows Apple’s M1 Macs to run Ubuntu for the first time.
