(Linux on an M1 Mac getting very close.)
The OS now finally includes the firmware and bootloaders and tools necessary to replace Big Sur with not-Big-Sur. That was previously not possible.
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Great news! I’ve been using more Linux lately, and while it certainly isn’t as polished as macOS, it’s fine for what I do. I’ve been wondering if you can simply install Linux to an external drive and boot it on a Mac as you would any other alternative drive. Leo Laporte says it’s that easy.
Thanks…I too run many distros, of Linux on many macs…
What I am talking about is M1 Macs…
M1 Macs radically change boot and recovery…
It looks like it’s available now, but I don’t know how useful it will be without GPU acceleration.
I booted Pop_OS on my iMac and it looked good, except the Wi-Fi didn’t work and screen brightness was locked to max. I’ll play around with it in my copious spare time. 
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Corellium has published a blog post detailing how they ported Linux to the M1.
FYI:
Lots of work still to be done (device drivers, architecture improvements, etc.) in order to properly support the platform, but it appears that the basics are all up and running now.
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