> Where is the demand for it? There was at least one person who said[0]: "I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. [...] I've been waiting for

> Where is the demand for it? There was at least one person who said[0]: "I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. [...] I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS." Seems like the same person has even used Asahi to make a Linux kernel release[1][2]. But Linux presumably doesn't have the resources to go chasing hardware platform support based on the whims of a singular Linux kernel developer/maintainer/creator. ---- [0] https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=196533&curpostid=196570 https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=196533&curpost... [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgrz5BBk=rCz7W28Fj_o02s0Xi0OEQ3H1uQgOdFvHgx0w@mail.gmail.com/T/#u https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgrz5BBk=rCz7W28Fj_o02s0X... [2] via: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-an-arm-powered-m2-macbook-air-to-release-latest-linux-kernel/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-...