
Corellium not only had to create a pre-load “wrapper,” but find an alternative just to attach USB peripherals to the machine.


While the M1 is a 64-bit ARM chip, the solution was anything but straightforward and will require some extra steps if you want to try it yourself.Īpple processors have a unique kernel boot, multi-core addressing and interrupt controller, among other non-standard tech that Linux doesn’t normally support. As AppleInsider noted, the team at Corellium has outlined how it ported Ubuntu Linux to the M1 chip. Yes, you can natively run operating systems beyond macOS on Apple’s M1 Macs - if you’re willing to put in some extra work.
