[drblah]

I have tried this multiple times on my 2014 MBA and it works mostly. Unfortunately, my model has some weird hardware(?) issue where the screen starts flickering when the intel i915 driver is loaded AND something communicates on the smbus. So if the cooling fan kicks in, or I use the function keys to change keyboard backlight brightness, my screen starts flickering.

Same thing happened when I tried dual booting Windows. I guess Apple has some workaround for this specific hardware model.

Now this Macbook is running Debian and is relegated to be a headless controller for my 3D printer with Klipper. It's pretty amazing for this, as it boots in like 5 seconds.