Oh man I'd pay premium for a sleek device like this that CAN'T run Windows or Mac OS. Just a mere thought of being able to run pure Linux on that sweet sweet apple silicon with full driver support makes my juices flowing.

FYI: Apple added support for Linux containers to macOS Tahoe [1].

[1]: https://github.com/apple/container

There will never be an Apple Silicon device without the ability to run an Apple OS.

Just run MacOS.