Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3

Posted by todsacerdoti 1/26/2026

Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3(bsky.app)

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viraptor 1/27/2026|

This is awesome, but we'll still need to hear the full support status. Which subsystems are covered by existing development, which need new drivers. Can't wait for the update on https://asahilinux.org/fedora/#device-support

avadodin 1/26/2026||

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 1/26/2026||

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.

a96 1/27/2026||

Problem is, there's no such thing as a generic ARM platform. The devil is in too many details even if there was something common between some core designs.

codepoet80 1/26/2026||

Have they fixed the touchy trackpad issues? Super impressive work, and I want to want this, but...

drcode 1/26/2026|

I've been using it for over a year, if there are any trackpad issue now, I haven't noticed any

electronsoup 1/26/2026||

oh awesome! I had assumed they were just targeting M1/M2 for the time being

jacquesm 1/26/2026||

Do the M-series have better wifi support than the last Intel range?

neobrain 1/27/2026||

Runs pretty smoothly with iwd. I get occasional disconnects (one every few hours) that may equally be down to my local wifi (other devices have issues with it too). iwd instantly papers over them, so it doesn't impact me either way.

yencabulator 1/27/2026||

Anecdata: In macOS, M1 Air wifi signal quality was worse than any other laptop or phone I had in the same room. Apple has historically had bad RF designs for a very long time.

delduca 1/26/2026||

Is there a way to make a clean Asahi Linux installation?

donkeylazy456 1/26/2026||

still m1 family is the only one that fully(not acutally) supported apple silicon by asahi? I have m1 pro macbook pro btw

2OEH8eoCRo0 1/26/2026|

Displayport alt mode? Thunderbolt?

fainpul 1/26/2026||

At least for M1 they got it working. Seems to be in testing phase now. Promised to come soon.

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-asahi-linux-porting-linux-to-app...

michaelRostom 1/26/2026|||

From that video "Our goal is to make this [dp-altmode] generally available to all people sometime early in the next year [2026]"

gignico 1/26/2026||||

Is that display port over USB-C? That’s the main showstopper for me to use Asahi on my M1 Pro MBP.

ZiiS 1/26/2026||

Yes, the test branch works fine for me, should be officially supported soon.

gignico 1/26/2026||

That's cool!

someNameIG 1/26/2026|||

That's great. The only reason I haven't got it on my M1 Air yet.

hamandcheese 1/26/2026|||

I wish it were possible to directly fund DP-alt mode support. It is the only thing remaining preventing me from adopting Asahi.

ZiiS 1/26/2026||

For me https://github.com/AsahiLinux/linux/tree/fairydust installed and worked without any tweeks. Don't think you can direct funding, but https://opencollective.com/asahilinux contributes to getting this fully officially supported.

hamandcheese 1/26/2026||

No idea what the fairydust kernel is.

For more context, I gooled around and found this Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-EOY-2025-CCC

> On the display side, Asahi Linux developers have been working on the DisplayPort connectivity. For that there are now experimental DisplayPort patches for Asahi Linux via their "fairydust" tree.

That's great news!

greenimpala 1/26/2026||

and ProMotion, then its a serious contender

volemo 1/26/2026||

Dunno, I don’t care about ProMotion (I’ve got it and I don’t see it), but sleep and battery life are very important to me.

porkloin 1/26/2026|||

Are you sure you've actually used the higher refresh rate? It might not be enabled by default. I'd be surprised if you can't tell the difference comparing 60hz to 120hz back to back.

volemo 1/26/2026|||

Well, I have an M1 Pro MBP so I'm pretty sure.

edit: ok, I've tried toggling ProMotion on and off, and I can see it. However, I still think the improvement is marginal.

robin_reala 1/26/2026|||

I use an M1 Macbook Pro for work and an M2 Macbook Air for home, and I basically don’t see any major difference.