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Linux Kernel 5.13 officially supports Macs based on the M1 chip. It follows the release of Linux kernel 5.13 RC in May and mentioned in April.
Like the previous RC, this announcement was made by Linus Torvalds on his blog. He states that the overall size of kernel 5.13 is quite large, with more than 2,000 developers making 16,000 commits. This kernel 5.13 supports several chips based on the ARM architecture, including the Apple Silicon M1 chip. This makes it possible to run Linux natively on the M1-powered MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and 24-inch iMac.
Until now, it was possible to run Linux on the M1 Mac using the Parallels virtual environment, but it was not possible to maximize the performance of the M1 chip because all of them were not supported by default. However, according to the Linux information site, Linux 5.13 provides basic functions such as initial support for Apple M1, but graphics acceleration is not yet provided, and more needs to be addressed. It is known that the M1 structure, in particular, is struggling because the GPU specifications are private.
The latest Linux kernel 5.13 is equipped with security features such as Landlocked LSM, Clang CFI support, and random option for kernel stack offset for each system call, and also supports FreeSync HDMI. Related information can be found here.
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