I was confused since the post mentions they’re “unlikely to escape MacOS,” and there’s also a poll option for M1. I thought the poll was asking whether it’s worth it to just skip Linux altogether and jump ship to an M1. Sorry. Definitely didn’t mean to go on a tangent about MacOS when nobody was asking.

I didn’t know an M1 could even run Linux. Does anyone use it that way? I’d be curious to know if it works well.

EDIT: Looks like Asahi Linux is designed for it: https://asahilinux.org/about/

7 hours later, the M1 is pretty high up in the poll.

System 76 Oryx Pro; 29 points

Framework; 111 points

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition; 44 points

2019 Intel MacBook Pro; 4 points

M1 MacBook Pro; 54 points

ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10; 119 points

Star Labs Starfighter; 7 points

HP Dev One; 7 points

Lenovo T14 Lenovo T480/490; 27 points

If anyone has theories about why the M1 is polling so well, I’d be curious to hear. It seems unlikely that the M1 is a popular choice for Linux, yet that’s what the polls seem to indicate.

It's probably out of scope but running Linux as Lima/Docker/Parallels under MacOS should be a serious consideration.