'Linux 6.2' has arrived, and the first Linux officially compatible with Apple M1 chip is praised as 'sexy', but there are complaints about lack of functions



Linus Torvalds, known as the creator of Linux, announced on February 19, 2023, the release of Linux kernel version 6.2, which is officially compatible with Apple's M1 chip for the first time. While users who have been looking forward to Linux running on new Apple devices have been cheering, it has also been pointed out that there are many features that have not yet been implemented.

LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 6.2

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Linux 6.2 includes M1 Mac support, but it's not fully ready to use | AppleInsider
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/02/21/linux-62-includes-m1-mac-support-but-its-not-fully-ready-to-use

M1 Mac Linux 6.2 support for M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/21/m1-mac-linux/

Linux 6.2 is up and running on M1 Macs but still missing many key features | Macworld
https://www.macworld.com/article/1519181/linux-6-2-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html

In a post to the mailing list announcing the release of Linux 6.2, Torvalds said, ``Despite the delay, 6.2 has been released as planned. Although it may not be a sexy Long Term Support (LTS) release like 6.1, , even such a humble kernel needs a love of testing,'' he said, calling for active testing of Linux 6.2 while calling it unattractive.

In contrast to Mr. Torvalds' assessment, Steven Vaughan-Nichols, a writer for the IT news site ZDNet, wrote in an article, ``On this occasion, I cannot agree with Mr. Torvalds.Apple M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 With the addition of upstream support for Ultra chips, new Mac owners can expect to run Linux on their M1-powered machines, which is sexy for engineers.' Builds are welcome.



As Vaughan-Nichols mentioned, making Linux compatible with the M1 chip has been a long-awaited goal for many members of the Linux community. None other than Torvalds himself once said in 2020, ``If I can run Linux, I definitely want a Mac with an M1 chip.''

``I definitely want a Mac with the M1 chip,'' says Linux creator Linus Torvalds - GIGAZINE


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In response to these growing needs, the Apple Silicon compatible Linux development project ' Asahi Linux ' was launched in January 2021, and in April,the arm/apple-m1 branch, which included initial support for the M1 chip, was merged . The groundwork was laid for Linux to support M1.

While the project was progressing, there were some difficulties such as the development of GPU-related drivers, but thanks to the efforts of Asahi Linux software engineer Alyssa Rosenzweig and others, the public alpha version will be released in March 2022. We're on the verge of release.

Public alpha version of Linux 'Asahi Linux' running on Mac with M1 chip has arrived - GIGAZINE



After this process, the M1 chip has been officially supported in the newly released Linux 6.2, but according to the news site Macworld, it is difficult to say that it can fully bring out the functionality of Apple Silicon. That's what he said. For example, the Asahi Linux support document states that features such as speakers and microphones are WIP (work in progress), and features such as webcam and Touch ID are TBA (to be determined).



From this point of view, a thread on the social news site Hacker News that featured Vaughan-Nichols' article states, ``The article makes it seem as if Linux 6.2 is going well, but in reality that's not the case. I don't think it's as appealing as the article says, since some features are still in the works. This isn't a knock on Asahi Linux; they're making steady progress. It means that the article is not good,' was posted .

However, Vaughan-Nichols admits, ``Support for M1 is finally available to mainline Linux users, but of course everything is experimental for now.'' On the other hand, he added that the current state of support is not expected to last long, saying, ``Linux 6.2 is scheduled to become the default kernel for Ubuntu 23.04, and will be included in Fedora 38 before Linux 6.3 is released in late April.'' He predicted that Linux 6.2 will be adopted by multiple Linux distributions in the future.

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