2024-04-28 Update: I upgraded to my existing 23.10 (Mantic) installation to 24.04 LTS (Noble).
A quick personal summary on using Ubuntu Asahi (23.10) on a MacBook Pro (14" M2 Pro, Model j414) with arm64 CPU.
What I need and works
- OpenGL 4.6 and OpenGL ES 3.2
- Internal speakers
- Additional USB3 ports, RJ45 Ethernet via USB-C hub
- Internal HDMI
- Internal card reader
- Wifi and Bluetooth
- Screen brightness and keyboard backlight control
What I need and doesn't work yet
- DisplayPort / HDMI via USB-C adapters / hubs (workaround: DisplayLink dock via USB and DisplayLink/evdi driver)
- Thunderbolt / USB4 (for proper Thunderbolt dock to connect multiple screens without DisplayLink)
- Working Widevine plugin in Firefox (snap): Glibc version in "core22" base snap is too old (workaround: use non-snap Firefox or wait for future Firefox snap to be based on "core24")
- Updated mesa (for OpenGL ES) in Firefox (workaround: use non-snap Firefox or install 'gnome-42-2204' snap package of "asahi/stable" channel)
What I don't really need
- Internal microphone (I use a Bluetooth headset)
- Fingerprint sensor
- HDR / 120 Hz refresh rate