The last time I tried this in 2022, I encountered a bunch of rough edges. I tried Ubuntu or Mint on a MBA 11 (2013 or 2015 models). Maybe Linux has gotten better since then?

For example, the fan did not work out of the box. I had to install something called 'macfanctld'.

Sleep did not work, it would wake up as soon as it went to sleep. I had to install something called a 'suspend-fix.service' hack.

Brightness control was flaky. It would always wake up at the lowest brightness setting. Disabling auto-dimming caused it to wake up at the highest brightness.