You can (in theory) run Linux straight on Apple Silicon. It's not locked like the iPad and iPhone. The M1 Ultra would be a pretty solid high volume server if you can manage to plug a 10-40gbps LAN dongle into it. I believe USB-C and/or thunderbolt connectors like that exist.
In theory so far because I'm not sure if there are mature installers and such yet.
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You can (in theory) run Linux straight on Apple Silicon. It's not locked like the iPad and iPhone. The M1 Ultra would be a pretty solid high volume server if you can manage to plug a 10-40gbps LAN dongle into it. I believe USB-C and/or thunderbolt connectors like that exist.
In theory so far because I'm not sure if there are mature installers and such yet.
The Asahi Linux installer worked flawlessly on my MacBook Pro M1 Max, though it asks you to do some low level things like repartitioning the drive.