Apple M1 Performance On Linux: Benchmarks Better Than Expected For Its Alpha State

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Apple M1 Performance On Linux: Benchmarks Better Than Expected For Its Alpha State: Last Friday the crew at Asahi Linux led by Hector Martin released the first alpha release for running Linux on Apple Silicon hardware. I eagerly loaded up Asahi Linux on an M1-powered Apple Mac Mini knowing the various early limitations of the Linux kernel support that is still settling. Overall the Apple M1 Linux performance ended up exceeding my expectations for the performance in its early alpha state. Here are some benchmarks.