There is an ongoing news cycle about Linux 6.2 being the first kernel to support the M1, started by @ZDNET. This article is misleading and borderline false.

You will not be able to run Ubuntu nor any other standard distro with 6.2 on any M1 Mac. Please don't get your hopes up. We are continuously upstreaming kernel features, and 6.2 notably adds device trees and basic boot support for M1 Pro/Max/Ultra machines.

However, there is still a long road before upstream kernels are usable on laptops. There is no trackpad/keyboard support upstream yet.

If you get an error during the resize step, look closely at the message before the red text. If it mentions Time Machine, that means you need to delete some Time Machine local snapshots:

appleinsider.com/articles/21/06…

If it says "verify or repair failed", it's filesystem corruption. If you find yourself with APFS corruption, you should boot in recovery mode (hold down the power button, Options) and use the Disk Utility First Aid feature.

If that doesn't fix it, unfortunately, you'll have to back up and reformat your macOS. This is outside our control.

If you're wondering why we've been so quiet lately, it's because we're working on our first public alpha release!

We've been putting off the status report because there was always "one more cool thing" to wrap up... but we're almost there now! Currently working on the final touches to the installer, building a desktop-ready OS image, implementing basic suspend (s2idle) support, and fixing bugs.

With this, we feel it should be daily driveable on the laptops for enthusiasts who don't mind rough edges :-)