Linus Torvalds (torvalds.delete@this.linux-foundation.org) on November 14, 2020 1:12 pm wrote:
> Paul (pavel.delete@this.noa-labs.com) on November 14, 2020 3:08 am wrote:
> >
> > What do you think of the new Apple laptop?
>
> I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. I have fairly fond memories
> of the 11" Macbook Air (I think 4,1) that I used about a decade ago (but moved away
> from because it took Apple too long to fix the screen - and by the time they did, I'd
> moved on to better laptops, and Apple had moved on to make Linux less convenient).
>
> Apple may run Linux in their cloud, but their laptops don't ;(
>
> 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. And I don't have the time to tinker
> with it, or the inclination to fight companies that don't want to help.
>
> Linus

This is actually being worked on by Hector Martin and Alyssa Rosenzweig. https://asahilinux.org/