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Posted by todsacerdoti 10 hours ago

Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3(bsky.app)
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n0n0n4t0r 9 hours ago|
According to Asahi's own documentation, they're far from done from the M3. So I guess "now working" is probably a bit misleading...

https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m3/#tab...

michaelRostom 9 hours ago||
I understand where you are coming from, I think the major hurdle was getting it boot and fixing M3 specific things. Now that it is working, they can port over their driver very easily (they might just work or need a small tweak)
n0n0n4t0r 9 hours ago||
Thank you for the clarification!
zozbot234 9 hours ago|||
I'm not sure that this list is updated; this is breaking news, and documenting stuff takes longer than that.
umanwizard 8 hours ago|||
True. Nevertheless, the fact that it even boots, after many years of it not working at all, is huge news.
swiftcoder 7 hours ago||
> after many years of it not working at all

And by "many", we of course mean "2", because the M3 was only released 2 years ago.

umanwizard 5 hours ago||
Wow, you're absolutely right. Not sure why it felt like longer to me.
avadodin 5 hours ago||
I would never buy a Mac, but what's the issue with supporting Mx processors?

Are they a generic ARM platform or something highly proprietary with ISA extensions and the like?

And if Apple is pulling a Nintendo here why is this project allowed to exist in the first place? It's not like they are getting hit with an anti-trust any time soon.

rowanG077 5 hours ago|
The problem are really not the CPU cores itself. It's a generic arm core in terms of ISA with just a tiny bit of proprietary extensions. The problem are all the peripherals. GPU, NPU, Display, USB, Wifi, HID, sound etc etc. These all require custom drivers and reverse engineering.
Retr0id 7 hours ago||
This is super cool and a big achievement, although it's worth noting that this is with llvmpipe graphics (i.e. CPU not GPU).

Although, I was daily-driving Asahi on an M1 Pro before GPU support was here and it was very usable.

zozbot234 9 hours ago||
Does this include the newer M3 ultra? Huge news if true!
drBonkers 9 hours ago||
Can anyone point me to a good report of the current working status and known drawbacks of Asahi on Apple Silicon? Would there ever be a reason to run it on a Mac Mini or Apple desktop device? Or at that point would you just get a Linux box?
kreetx 9 hours ago||
https://asahilinux.org/fedora/#device-support
ncrmro 9 hours ago|||
I’ve managed to get NixOS running on an 8gb MacBook air which tools a bit of tweaks but asahi installer sets everything up where you can boot and install from NixOS
kreetx 9 hours ago||
Could you expand/explain, you install Asahi first and then NixOS?
0xADD1E 8 hours ago|||
More or less- Due to the amount of unusual requirements for installing on Apple hardware (such as being kicked off from macOS, to name the tip of the iceberg) the Asahi installer gets used for most (all?) distros running on Apple Silicon. https://asahilinux.org/docs/alt/policy/#installation-procedu...

edit: The minimal UEFI part of the Asahi installer specifically sets up a “normal” environment that other distros (like Nix) can use, it doesn’t actually install a full distro like Asahi Fedora

volemo 9 hours ago|||
Asahi includes a shell script that you run from macOS before installation to properly partition the storage (it’s quite involved). I guess, GP ran the script and then just booted from Nix ISO and installed to the new partition.
dylan604 8 hours ago|||
> Or at that point would you just get a Linux box?

What exactly is a Linux box? If you're running Linux on an M3, is it not now a Linux box?

emodendroket 8 hours ago||
Considering how far behind they are of new releases of hardware I'd imagine the most appealing use case is going to be trying to squeeze some more life out of outdated hardware that struggles running the latest Apple software. But that's kind of the sweet spot for a Linux desktop anyway, isn't it?
swiftcoder 7 hours ago||
Does an M3 struggle to run the latest Apple software? I'm running an M2 Pro as my daily driver, and I doubt this thing will need replacing this side of ~5 years
sysworld 6 hours ago|||
I've got a MacBook Air M2 and it's still zoom'n along fine. I did get 24GB RAM, which I'm sure helps... run Chrome :)
zbentley 4 hours ago|||
Same with my M1. I haven’t noticed anything struggling, even with tons of expensive apps running. Tahoe slowed it down to shit (and I’m not just talking about electron-gate), but Tahoe slowed everyone down to shit.

Local models are slowish, I guess, but that’s pretty niche and they’re still usable. Nothing else is even noticeably laggy at all compared to my partner’s M4.

It’s got 64GB so that helps.

dtartarotti 8 hours ago||
Promising progress, I'm excited to try it when they get more things working on M3 Pro
donkeylazy456 4 hours ago||
still m1 family is the only one that fully(not acutally) supported apple silicon by asahi? I have m1 pro macbook pro btw
delduca 5 hours ago||
Is there a way to make a clean Asahi Linux installation?
codepoet80 8 hours ago||
Have they fixed the touchy trackpad issues? Super impressive work, and I want to want this, but...
drcode 7 hours ago|
I've been using it for over a year, if there are any trackpad issue now, I haven't noticed any
jacquesm 7 hours ago|
Do the M-series have better wifi support than the last Intel range?
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