The M2 air supports asahi Linux and used ones can be had for 600ish

The Neo runs on the same chip as iPad so fat chance unlocking the bootloader

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> asahi

i'm holding my breath for armbian

> fat chance unlocking the bootloader

yeah, i know

Well that will be an interesting question. Apple deliberately helped Asahi (and similar) along on the Apple Silicon Macs, perhaps this is running a MacBook bootloader as well.