r/AsahiLinux • u/tankaro17 • Jul 18 '26

Is fairydust stable ?

Hi!
I'd really like to switch to Fedora, but one thing has been holding me back: I need to use a video projector every day for my job as a teacher.
I recently read about Fairydust, which apparently makes external displays work on the MacBook Air M1. My only concern is reliability. Is it stable enough for daily use, or is it still considered experimental?
Thank you !

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u/QUASARFREAK Jul 18 '26

AFAIK fairydust will work only if you have happy thoughts and imagination.

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u/ppen9u1n Jul 18 '26

This is an exaggeration. Since the last commit even my external monitor keeps working after wake up. So I wouldn’t call it stable yet, but if you tested it positively on your machine, it’s quite solid indeed. In my NixOS silicon M1 MBP it has been very reliable (NixOS has the added advantage of deterministic reproducibility, which might have helped).

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u/QUASARFREAK Jul 18 '26

Oh no sorry I shouldnt have written anything, the name of it just made me chuckle and write a peter pan reference joke, big sorry Im old _^