Linux on a Mac?

[Rocketing-warp9]

If you use the torrent download (when such is available), you do not have to verify the integrity of the .iso. It automatically checks for you.

Me? I'm a slacker. I only verify the file if something goes amiss.

Sadly Mint won't work with VBox in general on M-Series Macs (except some 3rd Party Respins). There is much info for the x86/64 side, but nothing much for ARM Besides PPC.

 

[KGIII]

Sadly Mint won't work with VBox in general

Hmm... What's not working? I've used Mint in a VM more than once, specifically with VirtualBox.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Hmm... What's not working? I've used Mint in a VM more than once, specifically with VirtualBox.

Not on M-Series Chips, as they are ARM based (Mint does not make a Aarch64 Version for ARM- except a loosely based 3rd party project for the really old PPC Architecture). That's why I said that it will not work (Or at least well) on @Skybear's M2 Air.


I Actually tried to Run x86/64 distros before on ARM (My iPad, Which still has the same Class of Processor found in those Macs.) And.. It went as well as you would expect.
ARM (Aarch64) is the only really usable way for M-series Macs.
You can get Ubuntu server Quite close if you tweak it enough- but No official solution yet.

Edit- I'll go Change my wording above to avoid confusion, I realize I was a bit to broad (Woops! ) Sorry about that!

 

[Skybear]

Then maybe now is a good time to go distro-hopping? My goal at this point is to finish the Udemy course so I can learn the basics of Linux. If I don’t use Mint, that’s okay. What distro should I use?

 

[wizardfromoz]

What distro should I use?

Too tall a question to be able to answer.

I have no one fave distro and I use too many to be seen as having an agenda or barrow to push.

I haven't used a Mac, so can't comment there, but you could do worse than try MX-Linux.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

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I haven't used a Mac, so can't comment there, but you could do worse than try MX-Linux.

Sadly MX is out of the question as well (No ARM .ISO)
Newer Mac's are very picky about what versions they run.
x86/x64 (Intel/AMD) .iso's are very hard to translate for these systems to run right.
For the most usable experience, Aarch64 is the way to go, as it is ARM-Native.

 

[KGIII]

Not on M-Series Chips, as they are ARM based (Mint does not make a Aarch64 Version for ARM- except a loosely based 3rd party project for the really old PPC Architecture). That's why I said that it will not work (Or at least well) on @Skybear's M2 Air.

Can VIrtualBox on a modern Mac not emulate x86_64?

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Can VIrtualBox on a modern Mac not emulate x86_64?

Nope, Only Parallels and UTM, but that's paid.

 

[KGIII]

Nope, Only Parallels and UTM, but that's paid.

Well, that sucks. FOSS will likely catch up at some point, especially as we see more ARM hardware out there.