Note: you will have to replace the /dev/USBDISK with the path of your USB disk, which may be something like /dev/sdb1. Now write the image to a USB drive (minimum 16 GB space required) sudo dd if=ubuntu-20.10-preinstalled-desktop-arm64+raspi.img of=/dev/USBDISK bs=1m

Tar -xjvf ubuntu-20.10-preinstalled-desktop-arm64+2

Extract the image with the following command.

This is based on the Raspberry Pi's image for Ubuntu The Corellium Team has ported Ubuntu 20.10 to the Mac Mini M1. I have not verified this procedure, so proceed at your own risk. And until such support is figured out through the 'trial and error' approach to code hacking and developing support and such, there is no way to install Ubuntu (or any Linux variant) on M1 chips.ĭisclaimer: This answer is based on a post in Corellium Blog. Purportedly, there are developers working on supporting the M1 chip however there is NO eta on this, and unless Apple starts releasing more information and code for their chipsets it's likely to take A Long Time. And without Apple releasing information on the support for the chipset and such, it will not likely see any Linux support in the future. The core problem here is that the Linux kernel itself does not support the M1, and without core Linux support in the core Linux kernel for M1 chips and architectures and devices, there is not going to be a way to install Ubuntu.

Source: - an Interview with Linus by ZDNet seems unlikely, but hey, you can always hope. The main problem with the M1 for me is the GPU and other devices around it, because that's likely what would hold me off using it because it wouldn't have any Linux support unless Apple opens up. The answer to this question comes from Linus Torvalds himself - put simply, it's 'you can't'.

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