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comment by jonf3n · 2026-04-23 · in Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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story by cromka · 2026-03-08 · 0 comments

…command to install it: https://asahilinux.org/fedora/ The process is described in detail here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Open-OS-Ecosystem-on... The part you’re probably most interested in is here, where they describe how the…

comment by acdha · 2024-10-26 · in iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera and Photos

…Apple Silicon Macs and iDevices. https://khronokernel.com/apple/silicon/2021/02/07/BOOT.html https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/SW:Boot

comment by kuhsaft · 2024-10-08 · in Virtualizing iOS on Apple Silicon

Bluetooth does work. See the hardware support matrix here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-Series-Feature-Su...

comment by vulcan01 · 2024-09-18 · in macOS Sequoia is available today

…and the mailbox interface used generally between various components is described here [2] [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW%3AAGX#overview [2] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW%3AASC

comment by p_l · 2024-07-17 · in NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Modules

…from being eWaste World Champion. Mandate support for alternate OSes, like Asahi Linux on Macbook, https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Apple-Platform-Secur... > ipadOS not even one layer of Mac virtualization iPadOS 17 on M4 has a…

comment by walterbell · 2024-06-11 · in macOS 15.0 supports Nested Virtualization on M3 chips

…industry loves to copy Apple :) Asahi Linux has a good overview of on-device boot chain security, https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Apple-Platform-Secur... > My main concern right now is that if virtualization is employed in their…

comment by transpute · 2024-06-10 · in Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud

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story by transpute · 2024-06-10 · 0 comments

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Broken Software

story by rrampage · 2024-05-14 · 0 comments

…but microphones are not. They have a driver for some energy savings but it has some rough edges. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by acdha · 2024-02-14 · in Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1

…for a few months. Compare this to M2 and M1, where mostly everything works just fine with Asahi: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M2-Series-Feature-Su...

comment by winterqt · 2024-02-04 · in macOS Sonoma 14.4 removes critical functions from the fileproviderctl command

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M3-Series-Feature-Su... A large list of things that don't work and are not even being worked on doesn't sound enticing. Things like HDMI, WiFi and Bluetooth don't work and are not being worked on.

comment by hu3 · 2024-02-04 · in macOS Sonoma 14.4 removes critical functions from the fileproviderctl command

…dit.com/r/AsahiLinux/comments/13voeey/what_is... I highly recommend reading this if you’re interested https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by adamomada · 2024-02-04 · in A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)

…an x86 one I think hardware support is good. If you’re interested in Apple Silicon, check this: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by cpach · 2024-02-02 · in Ask HN: Laptop Buying Guide

…mode it doesn't yet. The feature pages give detail by hardware, heres a direct link to the M2 page https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M2-Series-Feature-Su...

comment by zamadatix · 2023-12-21 · in Fedora Asahi Remix

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-Series-Feature-Su... According to this page it should work on M1 MBP, but there is also a note about a specific patch released next week.

comment by SushiHippie · 2023-12-20 · in Fedora Asahi Remix

You might like even more: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support which breaks it down by CPU and has some more detail. It used to be rendered on the site, but it seems to have had a reshuffle with this…

comment by OJFord · 2023-12-19 · in Fedora Asahi Remix

…Fedora has patches that haven't (yet?) been upstreamed, you could probably find that information on https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by cassianoleal · 2023-12-19 · in Fedora Asahi Remix

…of using Apple hardware. [1]: https://asahilinux.org/about/#is-this-a-linux-distribution [2]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Broken-Software

comment by imiric · 2023-11-13 · in Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Speaker Support in Asahi Linux

story by pantalaimon · 2023-11-12 · 158 comments

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macOS Sonoma Boot Failures

story by _susn · 2023-10-31 · 282 comments

…the M1 as of now. edit: looks like they are make bigger strides than I thought on M2 as well https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#m2-p...

comment by marci · 2023-10-31 · in Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max

> Asahi Linux is work in progress. Many hardware components are not yet supported! https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by 2OEH8eoCRo0 · 2023-10-28 · in Killing Windows 10 in 2025 could turn PCs into eWaste

See https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/HW%3AUSB-PD - some of the USB-C ports respond to USB PD Vendor-Defined Messages to trigger a bunch of debug features, including rebooting the SoC or configuring one of the internal UARTs to…

comment by delroth · 2023-08-28 · in Serial adapter/reboot controller for Apple M1/M2

…third-party OS's to work on those machines, I don't think I can convince you otherwise. [0]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl... [1]: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web [2]:…

comment by klausa · 2023-08-22 · in The first conformant M1 GPU driver

…keeping an open bootloader [0], I'm not aware of any affirmative actions Apple has taken. [0]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Open-OS-Ecosystem-on...

comment by dlivingston · 2023-08-22 · in The first conformant M1 GPU driver

…Perhaps not, this wiki page linked above implies the iboot can't handle usb or external storage: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-vs.-PC-Boot

comment by mixmastamyk · 2023-08-12 · in Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

You can find all that information here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support I will say the the battery life on my Mac Studio sucks - as soon as I unplug it from power, it turns off.

comment by jasoneckert · 2023-08-12 · in Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

…are slower. Only things still lacking for single machine use is speakers, microphone and webcam: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by hbbio · 2023-08-12 · in Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

…to the M1 models currently as they have a larger set of supported features complete at this time: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by jasoneckert · 2023-08-12 · in Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

…that partition is not loading macOS, and is necessary for loading any OS — Asahi Remix, macOS, etc. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-vs.-PC-Boot

comment by CharlesW · 2023-08-12 · in Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

…simple stuff like a browser and some documents and whatever, it's actually in a good working state. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support Speakers ? Maybe. Microphone? Maybe. Webcam? Maybe. TouchID? Maybe. Display on…

comment by ranguna · 2023-08-11 · in Fedora Linux on M-powered Macs will be here shortly

There's a matrix where you can find which hardware is supported in a specific model: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support My non-educated guess is that the hardware currently in WIP (like Thunderbolt or DP Alt Mode) is…

comment by Aldo_MX · 2023-08-04 · in Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs

…that there’s unofficial installers for a few other distros, including Debian, Ubuntu, and Rocky. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/SW%3AAlternative-Dis...

comment by captn3m0 · 2023-08-02 · in Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix

…x86 can be spoken to in bare-metal assembler. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28768942 [2] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by mschuster91 · 2023-07-19 · in ASUS to manufacture and sell Intel’s NUC products

…so far is probably still "not". Thunderbolt not working is kind of a deal killer, for example. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support Gotta say the other day I was thinking about the Mac Pro and even at only 192GB of…

comment by paulmd · 2023-07-11 · in Mac shipments grow 10%, as all major PC brands see downturns

…different league than, say, Intel ME which completely owns the machine at the design level. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl... https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Apple-Platform-Secur...

comment by lloeki · 2023-07-06 · in France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone

…make a great machine to try it out. The M1 Mac Mini is the best supported machine currently. [1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#m2-d...

comment by stirlo · 2023-06-06 · in OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

…Maintainers of other non-x86 architecture have said that this is improving things for them[1]. [0]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Broken-Software [1]: https://www.talospace.com/2022/03/asahi-linux-gives-hope-for...

comment by psanford · 2023-06-06 · in OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

The feature table here https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support also tells you where along the path something is in terms of being stable and making it into the kernel. If it just has a release number like "5.19" then that…

comment by zamadatix · 2023-06-06 · in OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

This information is on their website wiki. See https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by yobert · 2023-06-06 · in OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

This is what they have support for at the moment: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#m2-d... Maybe not quite possible to do today but if Asahi keeps up the pace they've made so far I bet it will be soon. It helps that…

comment by thx-2718 · 2023-06-06 · in OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

You can already use GPU on Linux with M1 max and M2, so M2 max shouldn't be far away. ( https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support )

comment by viraptor · 2023-06-01 · in Apple Tests New High-End Macs with M2 Max and M2 Ultra Chips Ahead of WWDC

…an actual POST, and even if it did, it would be unable to transmit any result to the later stage. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...

comment by lloeki · 2023-05-13 · in Has Apple sounded the last POST?

M1 has all that I believe, but not in linux 6.4, some features are still in a fork https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by gpm · 2023-04-06 · in Linux 6.4 Bringing Apple M2 Additions for 2022 MacBook and Mac Mini

…while maturing the GPU driver will take time. EDIT: Nevermind, development status summarized here https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support

comment by kreetx · 2023-04-05 · in Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux

…was pretty straightforward to use. For detailed feature support tables this page has the info https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support Oh and you can swap the command/option keys around to the non-Apple way if you want: echo…

comment by zamadatix · 2023-04-01 · in Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via Steam Proton

According to https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support there's at least partial audio support for every machine except the models introduced so far this year, using the 3.5mm output. The built-in speakers are still disabled…

comment by wtallis · 2023-04-01 · in Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via Steam Proton

…globally. However, that breaks a number of applications that are expecting 4k pages. More info: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Broken-Software

comment by gavinsyancey · 2023-03-20 · in Paving the Road to Vulkan on Asahi Linux