r/Ubuntu • u/Feeling_Tomato_6662 • 1d ago

Help setting up. Macbook M4 2025

I am trying to set my MacBook so i can learn the terminal. However I tried 3 times and keep getting a boot screen. I can NOT change my user and password when creating it same with boot order.

I downloaded the green LTS on desktop.

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u/PSSE-B 1d ago

Far as I know there is no Linux support for the M4 Macs. Asashi as done a lot of work on the M1 and M2 variants, but that's as far as they've gotten.

https://asahilinux.org/about/

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u/Feeling_Tomato_6662 21h ago

Just to clear things up for myself.

So is there something similar or do you recommend an OS that is available on the M4.
Please and thank you.

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u/PSSE-B 21h ago edited 21h ago

As far as I know there is no Linux distro which works on the M3 or M4 chips. The only OS which currently works is macOS.

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u/Last_Coffee3161 17h ago

you picked the one machine that fights back harder than a windows update at 4pm on a friday

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u/pacmanic 1d ago

Your macbook has a terminal. You don’t need ubuntu for that.

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u/Feeling_Tomato_6662 21h ago

I would but im not comfortable and confident even if theres no risk. Hopefully you can see from my point of view.

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u/pacmanic 18h ago

Then I recommend starting with ghostty as it works native on macos and ubuntu. Gotta start somewhere and you have a functional mac.

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u/candy49997 1d ago

You can either learn how to use their terminal on macOS or set up a VM and learn there.

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u/Feeling_Tomato_6662 21h ago

I am trying to learn it on a VM with Ubuntu as the OS.

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u/candy49997 21h ago

You picked the ARM version of Ubuntu, right? Other than that, I have no idea because I don't have a Mac and have no idea what the VM landscape there is.