Why does Linux run so well on ARM

Xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink to Linux@lemmy.ml – 148 points –

I've seen people talking about it and experienced it myself with a server, but why does Linux run so well on ARM (especially compared to Windows)?

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Even I am interested in running linux in M1 macbook pro. Which distro have you used for that?

I don’t know what distros are available, but the big project everyone is talking about when talking about Linux on apple silicon is Asahi Linux

I have tried that but it has quite some missing thingsmaking it hard to use it as a daily driver. I may be wrong tho

Definitely. It is still in alpha, so nowhere near a stable release. I believe that in the next year or so most of the things will get ironed out

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Ooops! I meant to type 'Macbook Air'. I'll leave the goof up to give your comment context, but I don't have a MBP these days. I used the initial Asahi release and I've been upgrading it in place for a year or so.

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