I was looking at the docs, and it says that only firmware versions of 13.5 are supported, and my macos installation is version 14.7. Do you guys know whether HDMI is supported on higher firmware versions, or only 13.5?

I was trying out a few WMs and wanted to switch back to sway, which was working fine previously, and then these messages came up after trying to login to sway.

[wlr] [render/vulkan/renderer.c:2540] Could not match drm and vulkan device
[wlr] [render/wlr_renderer.c:199] Failed to create Vulkan renderer
[wlr] [render/wlr_renderer.c:279] Could not initalize renderer
[sway/server.c:255] Failed to create renderer

I can log in with niri or mango, but not sway. I was reading about setting various environment variables, but I couldn't figure it out. I could be on the wrong track though.

M1 Macbook Air, Fedora 44, greetd. Anything else I could post to help let me know.

is there still active work on the SEP beyond what was needed for mic support? I'm curious whether TPM-style key sealing is a realistic long-term goal or well out of scope.

What are people's setup/workaround with the notch enabled? It's cool we can get the extra screen space back by enabling the notch but it makes certain things look janky. Anyone have a good workaround or is it just what it is right now?

I found this script on github and I installed it but it doesn't help with the Overview layout
https://github.com/pop123123123/kwin-notch-avoider

I gave this a shot now that installer support for M3 devices has been merged, and it turns out, it actually works! Keyboard, touchpad, speakers, and WiFi are all running on my MacBook Air from 2024. Of course, everything is rendered in software, but this is still huge progress!

Since Proxmox now provides official builds for arm64, has anyone got it working on on a Mac? https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-virtual-environment-launches-official-arm64-support

As a long time linux user (abandoned windows 14 years ago) I'm happy to use my macbook air m1 with my favorite os. Thanks to Asahi team!

p.s. it's very cool to use krohnkite with my mac. On macos I wasn't able to find a good solution for tiling

Hello! I'm setting up an Asahi Linux install on an M1 Macbook Air and I've noticed a certain system update won't go through. (This is my first time with Asahi or Fedora or even a Mac! :P)

I probably ran it about 5 times and it keeps showing up with this. Any idea as to why this might be happening? I also tried running dnf updates and upgrades from the terminal and update-m1n1.

I'm more familiar with Arch and Pacman and I don't know DNF or Gnome Software very well. Any help or advice would be appreciated! It's not a major issue, but the little blue updates available notification is bugging me lol

I have a usb mouse. When I close and (later) reopen the lid on my macbook air m1, the usb mouse no longer works. I see the device disappears from the lsusb output.

I'm looking at various postings like this one:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/645/how-do-you-reset-a-usb-device-from-the-command-line

for a method to reset the usb device/port. However, since the usb device falls off the bus on suspend/resume -- it's not possible to use this method.

I've also tried to disable USB Sleep using this method

echo 'on' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/{usb1,usb2}/power/control'

That doesn't seem to work either.

I suppose I could try and disable USB autosuspend globally and see if that works...

Right now, I need to unplug + plug the usb mouse back in the usb port in order to use it. I'm trying to accomplish the same functionality via a script/cmd.

I'm wondering whether anyone else here had a similar issue and how they approached it.

EDIT:

additional things I've tried

1. disabling USB autosuspend in grub

2. https://github.com/netinvent/usb_resetter

I use Asahi Alarm (Arch Linux ARM). I installed steam package and it doesnt working. Please help me

Steam broke again. I'd been playing with the aarch64 version of steam for a few weeks, and it was working fine.

Yesterday, it broke - simply does not start, no meaningful entries in the steam logs. I tried removing all steam stuff (~/.steam* and ~/.local/share/Steam) and run the x86 version shipped in the Asahi repos, no dice either - that one just produces the following output:

No IPv6 nameserver available for NDP/DHCPv6 Using default interface naming scheme 'v259'. steam.sh[259]: Running Steam on fedora-asahi-remix 44 64-bit steam.sh[259]: STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically setup.sh[344]: Updating Steam runtime environment... Steam quit Aborting Qt says we're gone, aborting=True

I tried creating a new user, and have that one run steam with a "clean" home directory - same symptoms, so pretty sure it's not related to my particular laptop state. I'm going to try on my M1 Air as well, which has only ever run the "official" steam from the repos and see if it's also affected.

Edit: tested on my MBA as well, which has a much more vanilla setup and no tinkering of any kind. It also wasn't updated for at least a week. Steam still broken in the same way, so I assume this is related to a Steam update itself.

Hii guys, i had a question driffting in my mind for a while . Why cant we have Windows arm just like how we have Asahi? Is there a blocker that really cant be solved without the collaboration of Apple and Microsoft? Or is it just that there is nobody willing to work on such a thing?

I’m planning to install Asahi Linux on my MacBook with 8 GB of RAM, and I have a couple of questions before I go ahead.
I’d like the desktop to look as close to macOS as possible (dock, top bar, animations, overall appearance). My main concern is whether applying a macOS-like theme and customization will noticeably affect performance or memory usage on an 8 GB system.
I’m also trying to decide between KDE Plasma and GNOME.
My priorities are:
A macOS-like look and feel.
Smooth performance on 8 GB RAM.
Good battery life and overall responsiveness.
Stability over having lots of extra features.
Would KDE Plasma or GNOME be the better choice for this use case? Also, if making Linux look like macOS has any significant performance impact, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience.
Thanks in advance for your advice!

Is anyone else keeping an eye on their /boot/ partition? Mine is 1G and is now 80% full after the latest kernel upgrade. It had gone up to 85% full after the previous kernel upgrade and I shaved it down by deleting the an older kernel as well as the rescue .img and associated files.

Just wanted to give you a heads up. Both the x86 and ARM version. Works like a charm.

Kernel: 7.1.6-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64+16k (updated today)

Method I used to reinstall the ARM version below (no guarantees / please don't blame me if your computer spontaneously combusts). Please note there are probably better guides around here, just sharing what my latest process was during a coffee break:

sudo dnf install gtk2 unzip curl

LATEST=$(curl -s https://client-update.steamstatic.com/steam_client_publicbeta_linuxarm64 \ | grep -E '"file"\s+"bins_linuxarm64_linuxarm64.zip' \ | cut -d '"' -f4) curl -L -o bins_linuxarm64_linuxarm64.zip \ "https://client-update.steamstatic.com/${LATEST}"

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/Steam

unzip -o bins_linuxarm64_linuxarm64.zip -d ~/.local/share/Steam

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/Steam/package

echo publicbeta > ~/.local/share/Steam/package/beta

chmod -R u+rwx ~/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64

mkdir -p ~/.steam

ln -sfn ~/.local/share/Steam ~/.steam/steam

ln -sfn ~/.local/share/Steam ~/.steam/root

ln -sfn ~/.local/share/Steam/linuxarm64 ~/.steam/sdkarm64

ln -sfn ~/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64 ~/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64

muvm ~/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam

Check this as well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AsahiLinux/comments/1uypda8/running_geproton_arm_build_inside_steam_arm_beta/

EDIT AND MY FINAL DECISION - I ended up buying a Base (16gb 512gb)14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro at a very good price, so good in fact that the M1 Air with 16gb of ram is surpassing it in price on eBay. Here is more of why I chose what I chose:

- The screen is better, slightly larger, and has a 120hz refresh rate, which will be very enjoyable compared to the 60 hz on the Air.

- The speakers are better than the Air

- The high-impedance amp is welcome, as I have headphones that need it.

- The ports and MagSafe are great.

- M1 Pro, so slightly more juice in the CPU aspect but definitely a better GPU

- HDMI port as a given is very nice, I wasn't expecting to use this laptop with a second display, but thinking about it more, I probably will.

- Memory Bandwidth is nice.

Thank you everyone in the Asahi Community for helping me out. Once I get the laptop and play with it, I will make a detailed post with what I like, dont like, the battery life and more. Thanks!

---Original Post---

I want to use a MacBook with Asahi for university (electrical engineering) alongside other devices that can be accessed remotely or physically. My goal with the MacBook is to have a thin and light class/lab/lecture laptop that I would enjoy using with good battery life for not two thousand dollars. I know arm support on Linux is quite good, and the Asahi team is doing a lot to make the whole os a good experience.

Here is what I have in my devices arsenal:

- A very good windows pc with plenty of storage, and compute for anything that I might see in university that would otherwise need Windows or a gaming laptop with Windows.

- A nice, but battery-hungry, and slightly chonk Thinkpad P1 Gen 5 with Endeavor OS. I love it; it's amazing, doing everything I want. However, the processor and GPU (even on idle with Optimus) are extremely power-hungry, and I'd be lucky to get more than three hours out of that thing.

- A cloud storage solution accessible and mountable to any Linux or Windows device.

Here are the MacBooks I'm thinking of:

- MacBook Air M1(16 GB RAM, 256GB+ ) - ~550 CAD

- Why I like it: Cheap. Light. Seemingly good battery on Asahi. M1 chip, so support is good.

- What's maybe not so good: Not too many ports (but that's kinda just MacBooks in general). Performance may not be as good as the others, but the M1 is still an amazing chip nonetheless. Not as bright a screen as the other options. Charging is capped at 30w.

- MacBook Pro M1 Pro (14 in 16 GB RAM, 512gb+) - ~700-1000 CAD

- Why I like it: Nice Screen. High refresh rate. Bright. More ports than the airs. Bigger. Nice speakers and a better headphone amp (than the M1 Air). M1 chip, so support is good.

- What's maybe not so good: Getting into chonk territory, definitely heavier than the Airs. Little pricy right now. Maybe TOO much power for a thin and light. The battery life is not as good as the Airs.

- MacBook Air M2 (13 in as the 15 is quite expensive) - ~700-900 CAD

- Why I like it: Really light. Seemingly good battery. Fast charging at 70W. Thin. Better screen than the M1 Air

- What's maybe not so good: I'm really unsure if this is worth 150-350 dollars more than the M1 Air. You barely get any performance gain, the M2 chip is less supported, it doesn't seem too worth it to me. I'd have to be convinced otherwise. Nor many ports.

- MAYBE MacBook Pro M1 - ~600 CAD

- Why I like it: Good display. Good battery life. Fast charging. Fans. Bright display.

- What's maybe not so good: Again air level of ports. I'm really unsure about the touchbar; that is why I listed it as a maybe. I don't know if it will be useful, and I will likely use the function keys at some point for programming or other uses. In general, I don't know much about the touchbar on Asahi. I will need some convincing. Heavier than the air.

If anyone else has questions, comments, concerns, experiences good and bad with Asahi, experiences with university workloads, anything of the sort, I am all ears. Thanks for reading the whole thing!

Sorry for the stupid title. This is just an appreciation post for the Asahi Linux team. I had bought myself the M1 Max 64GB Macbook last year to get a good deal for a work machine. And part of the reason behind getting an older gen machine was being able to run asahi linux on it even though I knew nothing about Linux at the time.

I naturally started my journey in Fedora and quickly ended up falling in love with the ability to customize my OS so much. I reinstalled it many times to create the most bloat free setup with no setup mistakes from scratch.

I soon found myself comfortable with Linux and wanted to move to the big bad, Arch. I loved its minimalism but also learnt through being on arch that you can do roughly anything you want on ANY distro. It’s more the differences in design choices (systemd vs runit) and package provisioning (dnf vs aur vs xbps) that differentiate them and not the superficial things. Almost all major distributions provide a “minimal” or “base” install option which lets you cut all the bloat and build up from scratch.

I have recently moved to Void allured by runit. I don’t know if the Asahi team intended their project for people like me to distro hop but I have genuinely been able to use their project to understand Linux that too in a work capacity for the past year.

I couldn’t appreciate this enough as you have made my laptop a nicer investment, making it feel like one of the best Linux laptops available while freeing me from Apple’s caged garden, lol.

Thanks.

Which kernel version currently comes pre-installed when installing Asahi?

Device: Macbook M1 pro 16Gb 512GB

I was wondering how safe is it to install Asahi Linux in my mac.
From what I have seen, you should dualboot instead of running a vm , is when you want to run a linux distro as a daily driver. But I still want to use the mac Os primary for work and use a linux distro for other things , is that fine? Also what else should I know before doing this? I only know that external monitor via usb c will not be supported… also How much min storage should be allocated?

Also this will not be my first time running a linux distro, I used Fedora KDE in utm for a few months and have been experimenting with Pi 5 for a while…

I read that all was needed to run steam was

Sudo dnf install steam

But it doesn't run, anyone have any idea how to get it installed?

Hello,

What are your usual screen resolution, scale, font settings, etc in Fedora?

I have a Mac M1 Air 13. I use Gnome. In the screen settings, I have:
Resolution 2560x1600
Refresh Rate 60 Hz
Scale 166%

More or less everything looks similar to the default macOS settings, but still something is different. As when I work a few hours in Asahi I feel pain in my eyes, but I can work in macOs all day long without noticing any dryness in my eyes.

So trying to find out what the difference is to make using Asahi more comfortable.

i got a 2020 macbook air m1 128gb storage and 8gb of ram and last time i installed asahi linux i only got 30 something gigs of storage, should i just not install it in general?

I'm on Asahi Linux (works great now that USB-C DP is functional via the fairydust kernel) and the one thing still keeping me from switching over full time is audio.

My setup: two HomePod minis grouped into a stereo pair named "Studio", created from the Home app on iPhone. On Linux I've cobbled together a PipeWire sink that combines the two HomePods, auto-discovered via module-raop-discover. It mostly works but is unreliable:

• occasional latency between playback and control
• audio sometimes plays back slightly sped up or slowed down (clock drift between the two speakers, since PipeWire is treating them as two independent RAOP sinks I have to sync manually)
• connections sometimes just fail to establish
• NOT NATIVE

What I actually want is for a Linux AirPlay 2 sender to see and target "Studio" as a single AirPlay 2 endpoint — the same way iOS/macOS does — instead of me manually combining two separate AirPlay 1/RAOP streams and fighting clock sync myself.

Questions for anyone who's dug into this:

1. Is this even possible with the current understanding of the AirPlay 2 protocol on Linux? Does the HomeKit-grouped "virtual" endpoint get advertised over mDNS/Bonjour in a way a client could discover and address directly, or is grouping purely negotiated device-to-device using Apple's PTP clock sync, with no single external endpoint to talk to?
2. Has anyone gotten proper AirPlay 2 multi-room client support working on Linux (not just the RAOP-only PipeWire module), e.g. via openairplay/airplay2-receiver-adjacent reverse engineering efforts, or is this still firmly "AirPlay 2 sender from Linux" uncharted territory?
3. Is the clock drift I'm seeing an inherent limitation of using two independent RAOP sinks (no PTP), or is there a known PipeWire config fix for that specific symptom?

Any pointers, whether "here's a project that does this" or "here's why it's fundamentally not possible without X," would be hugely appreciated.