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Hello software-savvy Hexbears, I am a person who knows basically nothing about Linux and I’m looking to switch over. I have an M1 macbook (I know, very bourgeois) and I’m not looking to get new hardware. Which Linux distribution should I choose, and what’s the best way to migrate my data over without data loss?

I’m also looking to pirate games once I switch to Linux, so a distribution good for g@ming is preferred.

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[–] Owl@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

(I don't have a deep level of knowledge on this, hopefully another Hexbear who knows better will chime in.)

Linux on the M1 and M2 chips is still a work in progress, you're likely to run into some hiccups. The Asahi Linux project is working on support for those chips. There are multiple distros supported on top of their work, but they recommend their branch of Fedora, so that's what I'd recommend too. You don't really want to be running a custom version of a custom version unless you're a hobbyist Linux enthusiast trying to work out the bugs.

Gaming on an M1 in Linux is really going to be sketchy too. You're running a completely different chip architecture than most games are built for, WINE isn't enough.

Doesn't really look like a good idea for the computer you have and the things you want to do with it.

[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Never used the M1/M2s, but I used to install Fedora on all my Intel macbooks and it always ran flawlessly, so it certainly had good support for apple hardware and peripherals back in the day.

Gaming on an ARM CPU is going to be painful no matter what, but as pointed to, x86 and x86_64 emulators are going to be your best bet. You may find a small number of games also offer a native ARM binary, but it's not common.

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