[CharlesW]

FWIW, Asahi Linux is making nice progress on Apple Silicon support: https://asahilinux.org/2022/07/july-2022-release/

> If you suggest running a Linux VM through UTM on the M1 Macs, I will counter by stating that you can only run ARM ISOs…

I think that's incorrect. From the UTM home page: "On Intel Macs, x86/x64 operating system can be virtualized. In addition, lower performance emulation is available to run x86/x64 on Apple Silicon as well as ARM64 on Intel."

[armajid]

Thanks for the correction. I would be concerned of the lower performance (how much lower?) but this may be a nonissue now.