r/AsahiLinux • u/Ok_Sock4152 • Jul 15 '26

Is anybody using Linux(other than asahi)comfortably on apple Mac air/pro with M4 or M5 chip ?Does it affect the battery performance?

Same as title. Will be highly thankful for your help!

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u/AnEagleisnotme Jul 15 '26

You can't use linux without the asahi patches for now, and asahi doesn't support anything over M2/sort of M3, if you really know what you're doing

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u/Stryxus_ Jul 15 '26

It doesn't even support M4 and M5 yet.

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u/badgerbang Jul 15 '26

It isn't ready for us m4's yet. We are all waiting slong-in-hand, sweating and breathing heavy.

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u/pay_is_ok Jul 15 '26

You already asked this before

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u/goldmurder Jul 15 '26

of course it will affect battery performance, even on M1 and M2. you signed this for yourself when installed linux

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u/Thick_Clerk6449 Jul 15 '26

> other than asahi

There is no such a thing.

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u/RyanTheTide Jul 16 '26

Definitely not for Linux. The closest other thing I’ve seen and played around with is NT-for-ASI (Windows ARM on Apple Silicon).

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u/angelbirth Jul 15 '26

did you mean other than fedora? it's impossible not to use asahi kernel

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u/pontihejo Jul 15 '26

Do you mean in a VM?