#asahi-linux — Public Fediverse posts

Love #AsahiLinux on my #MacBookProM1: But keeping the #Signal-Client up-to-date feels like pain in the ass.

Are any happy #Asahi User with well running & updateable #Signal Install following here?

Lucky to have a runnig & well integrated #DeltaChat on this #Fedora m1 machine ;)

More subtle bugs! That should be everything now though.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/2026[email protected]/T/#u

#asahilinux

Result of the thunderbolt debugging from a few days ago. Next up: TIPD PD controller debugging 🤪

https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/20260817[email protected]/

#asahilinux

How my Friday evening is going you ask? It's >30°C, i.e. too hot to go outside, and instead I'm debugging thunderbolt core code inside Linux right now 🫠

#asahilinux

And finally, @chaos_princess found the bug in my thunderbolt code that I've been chasing for the past months so that I was finally able to start working on that again. The first small part is the reset controller for the USB4 block (https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/20260809[email protected]/) and next I hope to submit the "native host interface" changes in the next weeks. Still entirely useless for end users but finally some progress again!

#asahilinux

We also have this "minor" issue that we can't easily run our hypervisor on M4+ to trace and reverse engineer the hardware because Apple disabled their ARM ISA extensions in our boot mode. The major problem here is GXF/SPRR which changes the way pagetable permissions bits are interpreted and introduced lateral exception levels. The other problem is that Apple now has replaced PPL with SPTM (Secure Page Table Monitor) and we didn't know how to boot it.

For the first problem, I wrote a rather cursed way to emulate all of this with shadow pagetables in EL2: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/m1n1/pull/643

For the second problem, I've been advising a msc student and combining our work allows to boot macOS 27 with SPTM on an M1 without using hardware GXF/SPRR. That's the first 80% of getting the hypervisor to work on M4+. The second 80% will need work on a real M4 and that's probably gonna come next.

#asahilinux

during that time I finally took a stab at how we'll handle sleep states in #asahilinux. usually, this is done by PSCI running in a higher level (e.g. EL3) reached via hypercall but we're already running the kernel in the highest level possible. instead, someone proposed years ago to (ab-)use EFI runtime mappings to map code in the same level and just jump there. I sent a RFC but didn't get any replies so will have to pick that up again at some point:

https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/20260708[email protected]/
https://github.com/AsahiLinux/m1n1/tree/psci-via-efi

Linux on a MBP with apple silicon? Seriously, skip all the stress and just go fedora remix. Touchbar works. Still uses KDE. It’s so nice :) #asahilinux #fedora

I finally moved my Garmin app development setup to Asahi Linux. If you want to develop a Garmin app on any modern Linux, or if the idea of a programming language called Monkey C sounds funny, I've sure got an article for you.

https://nettek.ca/blog/monkeyc-and-monkeydo-garmin-linux

#garmin #connectiq #monkeyc #asahilinux #muvm #distrobox #fex

#Tech #Apple #MacOS #Linux

If I had a blog, this would be a blog post. I don't, so you lot are blessed with it... it's a bit long.

I've been diving down some deep rabbit holes recently, making some tough choices about my tech stack.

It's kind of a macOS vs Linux post but just about considering practicalities rather than ideology.

Since 2020 my main computer has been an M1 #MacBookAir with a nice big 4K LG monitor, an OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock with umpteen ports, and a Sound Blaster Katana soundbar. I also have an elderly Linux Thinkpad that I bought second-hand for controlling the #ModelRailway but I'll come back to that.

As a privacy advocate I would love my main working environment to be Linux, and I absolutely hate macOS #Tahoe (I downgraded back to Sequoia after trying it for a week), so I've been watching the #AsahiLinux project closely. Sadly the lack of progress on #Thunderbolt ("work in progress" for 2 years!) means #Asahi is still not an option, because I can't work without the big screen or the dock.

But recently I realised my Thinkpad has Thunderbolt support, and although it's old it's fast enough for software development (it's an X1 Carbon with a 6th gen i5 CPU).

So... (lightbulb moment) why don't I just swap the 2 machines - use the Thinkpad as my main dev machine, and the #MacBook as my model railway controller? Quite an exciting thought. I then spent ages plotting out how this might work, checking which apps I could still use, etc etc.

Unfortunately I came up against 3 barriers:

1. My particular Thunderbolt dock model does not have a Linux driver.

2. Creative do not offer a Linux app to control their Sound Blaster Katana models, and without an app most of the functionality is unavailable.

3. My model railway layout planning app (RailModeller Pro) is a Mac-only app, and using it on a small screen (because the Linux laptop would be using the big screen) would be impractical. The only Linux app that does the same job (XtrkCad) is a monster with a near-vertiginous learning curve and terrible UI. There are Windows apps but I refuse to go down the Wine route.

Whichever way my thoughts take me, I can't get past these three issues. I simply don't have the budget to replace the soundbar, and although the Thinkpad has more ports than the Air, I'd still be juggling cables to a frustrating degree. And yes I could unplug the big screen and put it into the Mac when using RailModeller Pro, but when I consider all these issues together, it's just too much friction to consider swapping the two machines' roles. I'm too old to deliberately make my life harder.

So now, after months of thinking Asahi Linux was going to transform my life, I'm coming to terms with the fact that I should just keep things as they are, and in particular accept these two compromises:

1. Live with Apple-level surveillance on the basis that it's still way better than Microsoft-level surveillance.

2. Stay with macOS Sequoia for as long as possible, and hopefully by the time Apple forces me to upgrade to a new OS version, they will have moved on from the appalling liquid glass UI in Tahoe.

So that's it. I don't like compromising; I never have. The #autistic side of me always wants to take a purist, absolutist approach (privacy at all costs!), but in the end I have to be realistic. Not to mention the #ADHD side of me getting way too excited about CHANGING SOMETHING! YAY! DOPAMINE! But now that I've lived with my #AuDHD diagnosis for a while I'm getting better at accepting necessary compromises.

This week's Linux and FOSS news

LINUX NEWS

Ubuntu is swapping its time sync tool for a Rust-based version:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-ntpd-rs-rust-time-sync

Snap Store will be down for maintenance this weekend:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/snap-store-offline-july-2026

First Look at Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.4 LTS for Raspberry Pi:
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-ubuntu-budgie-24-04-4-lts-for-raspberry-pi

Fedora Council Seeks To Shutdown Current Discussions Over AI Developer Desktop:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Council-AI-Desktop

Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 4.4 Released with Niri DankMaterialShell:
https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installer-archinstall-4-4-released-with-niri-dankmaterialshell-profile

Shelly GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Now Lets You Install Apps from Flathub:
https://9to5linux.com/shelly-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-now-lets-you-install-apps-from-flathub

CachyOS Releases June 2026 Snapshot with Hyprland Noctalia Desktop Option:
https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-releases-june-2026-snapshot-with-hyprland-noctalia-desktop-option

Bazzite Linux 44.20260629 lands with kernel 7.0.9-ogs3.2, refreshed drivers, and desktop environment updates:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bazzite-linux-4420260629-update-kernel-709ogs32-mesa-261-and-improved-gaming/

Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and New Tools:
https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-new-tools

ParrotOS 7.3 Released with Linux 7.0, Optimized Builds, and Official Vagrant Boxes:
https://9to5linux.com/parrotos-7-3-released-with-linux-7-0-optimized-builds-and-official-vagrant-boxes

AnduinOS 2.0 fully rebuilt with declarative packaging and modular design:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/anduinos-2-0-fully-rebuilt-with-declarative-packaging-and-modular-design/

Asahi Linux Fixes Booting With macOS 27, Progress On M3 & Apple Video Decode:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-AVD-Firmware-M3

Mageia 10 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.5, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more

KDE Linux Introduces "Developer Mode" Option, Easier Log Collection:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-June-2026

KDE Plasma 6.7.2 Brings Fix For Most Common KWin Crash, Better Chromium Video Playback:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7.2-Released

KWin Compositor In KDE Plasma 6.8 Drops Support For Desktop OpenGL:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.8-KWin-No-Desktop-GL

GNOME 51 Alpha Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Testing:
https://9to5linux.com/gnome-51-alpha-desktop-environment-is-now-available-for-public-testing

COSMIC 1.2 Desktop Enables AVIF Support, Improves Support for Newer Intel GPUs:
https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-2-desktop-enables-avif-support-improves-support-for-newer-intel-gpus

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Ubuntu #Fedora #ArchLinux #CachyOS #Bazzite #KaliLinux #GNOME #KDE #COSMIC #AsahiLinux #Mageia #FosseryTech

tl;dr Staying on Debian Stable

So it's been an interesting summer of experiment. I've been on #Debian Stable for ages and loved it from the beginning. I've dabbled for the first time this summer in #Fedora (easiest and safest #AsahiLinux install on a discarded Macbook). And I finally got time (and lots of help! thanks!) to try out #Guix #GuixSystem as a distro.

Impressed with Fedora, rock solid. As a GNOME user it would take awhile to notice it wasn't Debian. I bet people alias apt=dnf. But it made me realize: the update pace on Fedora vexed me.

Debian "Stable" doesn't mean Debian doesn't crash. Debian Stable means Debian doesn't CHANGE.

And when I finally got my caveman skull (partially, crudely) around the Guix/Nix paradigm, I realized it was just Arch with extra steps. I yearn for the mathematical formality of a declarative Lispy config. It may not have been worth the extra complexity and learning curve, but it definitely was not worth leaving the Stable lifestyle. I do love to tinker, but I love to have a simple familiar boring system. I guess more.

What drew me to Guix in the first place was the promise of reproducible portability: it is very important that the Stack of Laptops all behave the same. But I have in fact enjoyed this very thing for years, with a bash script. If you've read this far, could you just validate me here? Tell me you approve of my imperative setup? 😆

@s31bz tbh I’ve only ever installed Linux on Macs. But installing Fedora on an M1/M2 Mac is extremely simple with #asahilinux.

I am using it as my main OS on an M2 MacBook Air and for the most part it just works. I’ve never used any other non-Mac laptops on Fedora so it’s hard to compare. And also Asahi currently limits you to only Fedora, though their goal is to eventually allow you to bring your own distro.

Lilbits: Asahi Linux release fix for booting Linux on macOS 27, Surface Go is going away, and Sony announces plans to stop making PlayStation game discs

When Apple was shipping computers with Intel processors, there were plenty of ways to install Linux on a Mac. But things got a lot trickier when the company began to switch to its own Arm-based processors around six years ago. The folks at the Asahi Linux team have been doing their best to keep up though, offering builds of a Fedora-based GNU/Linux distro that can be installed on (some) Macs […]

The Asahi Linux team has issued a fix for Macs that failed to dual boot into Linux after upgrading to macOS 27. The fix is now applied by default upon new installation, but you can also use the installer to fix a broken install. https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/ #macOS #AsahiLinux

🍏🐧 Asahi Linux este tot mai aproape de suportul complet pentru procesoarele Apple M3 pe Mac-uri 🚀💻

Echipa de dezvoltare din spatele proiectului Asahi Linux — inițiativa open-source care își propune să aducă Linux pe arhitectura Apple Silicon — a anunțat progrese majore în ceea ce privește compatibilitatea cu cipurile din familia Apple M3 (M3, M3 Pro și M3 Max).

Deși cipurile M1 și M2 beneficiază deja de o experiență Linux extrem de stabilă și fluidă, arhitectura M3 a ridicat noi provocări tehnice din cauza schimbărilor radicale aduse de Apple la nivelul unității de procesare grafică (GPU) și al gestionării energiei.

Iată principalele noutăți și detalii despre stadiul actual al suportului pentru M3:

🔹 Progrese majore pentru driverul grafic (AGX):
Cea mai mare realizare din această actualizare vizează driverul grafic de tip reverse-engineered (numit AGX), dezvoltat în cadrul suitei open-source Mesa. Arhitectura GPU de pe cipurile M3 a introdus tehnologii avansate precum Dynamic Caching și suport hardware pentru Ray Tracing. Dezvoltatorii Asahi au reușit să mapreze și să pună la punct aceste funcții complexe, aducând driverul foarte aproape de paritatea de performanță cu macOS în rularea de desktop-uri moderne și jocuri sub Linux.

🔹 Gestionarea energiei și controlul termic (SMC & NVRAM):
Un alt pas critic realizat a fost adaptarea driverelor pentru controlerul de management al sistemului (SMC). Acesta este responsabil cu gestionarea senzorilor termici și controlul ventilatoarelor pe MacBook Pro și iMac-urile echipate cu M3. Noua actualizare asigură o disipare corectă a căldurii și optimizează consumul bateriei, prevenind supraîncălzirea în sarcini mari de lucru.

🔹 Suport extins pentru periferice și audio:
Echipa a integrat corecturi importante pentru driverele de ecran (inclusiv suport pentru ratele de reîmprospătare variabile ProMotion de 120Hz), controlerele Wi-Fi/Bluetooth și subsistemul audio complex de pe laptopurile Apple. Sunetul nativ prin difuzoarele MacBook-ului, recunoscut pentru calitatea sa, primește optimizări de siguranță pentru a preveni deteriorarea fizică a hardware-ului sub Linux.

🔹 Ce funcționează și ce urmează?
În timp ce utilizatorii de Mac-uri cu procesor M3 pot rula deja un desktop Linux funcțional (prin distribuția de referință Fedora Asahi Remix), sistemul este considerat încă în faza de finisare. Următoarele obiective majore de pe lista dezvoltatorilor includ stabilizarea completă a ieșirilor video externe (HDMI / Thunderbolt Display) și optimizarea stărilor de repaus profund (Deep Sleep).

Acest nou milestone demonstrează încă o dată determinarea incredibilă a comunității open-source de a transforma MacBook-urile moderne în unele dintre cele mai puternice și eficiente stații de lucru native pentru Linux.

#AsahiLinux #FedoraAsahiRemix #AppleSilicon #AppleM3 #LinuxOnMac #Mesa #OpenSource #TechNews

🤣 Oh joy, another #Linux progress report that reads like a #love #letter to a Master Boot Record. Apparently, Asahi Linux is the new hipster way to make your Mac pretend it's cooler than it is. 🙄 Because who doesn't want a confusing boot process as a daily ritual?
https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/ #AsahiLinux #MacHipster #BootProcess #Confusion #HackerNews #ngated

Asahi Linux 7.1 Progress Report

https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/

#HackerNews #AsahiLinux #LinuxProgress #OpenSource #TechnologyUpdates #LinuxDevelopment

M3 progress, Apple bugs, and more! It's another Asahi Linux progress report!

https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/

#AsahiLinux

@RockyC @garuda that sounds like a nice cheap alternative to buying a completely new computer. What models are these?

Also, I am curious if you have tried #AsahiLinux and do feel as though Garuda is more performant by comparison?

If you have a MacBook, run Asahi Linux, and have at any point installed a macOS 27 Developer Beta, you may encounter an issue where the power supply driver triggers erroneous critical battery notifications, causing the system to immediately shut down.

This has been fixed as of kernel version 7.0.12, which should now have made it into Fedora Asahi Remix. If you are experiencing this issue, please:

1. Blocklist the macsmc-power driver using the modprobe.blacklist kernel command line parameter
2. Boot into Linux and do a system upgrade, ensuring you upgrade to kernel 7.0.12 or above
3. Unblock macsmc-power and reboot your machine

Once again we must stress that you should not install macOS developer betas unless you are comfortable hacking around these issues and accept the risks of doing so.

#AsahiLinux

First and foremost: shout outs to the #AsahiLinux devs - who are doing a great job. But...

I've been an #OpenSource & #LibreSoftware advocate for most of my life and the last years I think it's time - at least for #Europe - to demand open source drivers and #OpenFirmware directly from the vendor upon hardware release

It shouldn't take 3 years. Users should be free from day 1.

#Apple M3 Booting On #Linux After Three Years Plus Other SoC Updates In Linux 7.2
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-SoC-Updates

#AsahiLinux warnt vor Upgrade auf #macOS 27 „Golden Gate“ | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Asahi-Linux-warnt-vor-Upgrade-auf-macOS-27-Golden-Gate-11329636.html #Apple :apple_inc: #Linux :tux: #OpenSource

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Huge AUR Malware Incident: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500

First Look at Antergos NeXT: A Modern Revival of Antergos Linux with KDE Plasma:
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-antergos-next-a-modern-revival-of-antergos-linux-with-kde-plasma
(Changing the DE compared to the original distro is a bit weird choice, if they really want to revive a distro, they should preserve its default DE imo, but I mean, the installer still offers Cinnamon which is nice.)

Systemd-Free Peppermint OS Devuan Is Now Based on Devuan 6 Excalibur:
https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-peppermint-os-devuan-is-now-based-to-devuan-6-excalibur

KaOS Releases First Dinit-Based ISO, but It's Not Ditching Systemd Entirely:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17357550/kaos-first-dinit-image-release

Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Will Reach End of Life on July 9th, 2026:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-will-reach-end-of-life-on-july-9th-2026

Ubuntu Desktop 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Daily Builds Now Available for Download:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-desktop-26-10-stonking-stingray-daily-builds-now-available-for-download

Ubuntu MATE Is Continuing Despite No Ubuntu MATE 26.04 Release:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-MATE-Without-26.04

Alpine Linux 3.24 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and COSMIC Desktops:
https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-24-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-and-cosmic-desktops

KDE Neon 20260611 Brings Bleeding-Edge Plasma to Ubuntu LTS:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-neon-20260611-released-with-latest-plasma-updates/

macOS 27 Golden Gate Breaks Asahi Linux — What It Means and How to Recover:
https://www.fosslinux.com/157744/macos-27-golden-gate-breaks-asahi-linux-what-it-means-and-how-to-recover.htm
(Seems like now Apple is also afraid of Linux getting mainstream, not just Microsoft. We're heading in the right direction lol)

Proxmox Mail Gateway 9.1 Brings Better Spam Quarantine Controls and Backup Encryption:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/proxmox-mail-gateway-91-delivers-smarter-spam-quarantine-and-safer-backup-encryption/

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203 Brings Knot Resolver and 6 GHz WiFi Support:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/ipfire-229-core-update-203-is-available-for-testing/

COSMIC 1.0.16 Desktop Adds OpenRC Support for Bluetooth Service Management:
https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-0-16-desktop-adds-openrc-support-for-bluetooth-service-management
(Nice to see that System76 cares about alternative init systems regardless of their distro using Systemd)

KDE Frameworks 6.27 Is Out to Improve KRunner, Breeze Icons, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-27-is-out-to-improve-krunner-breeze-icons-and-more

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AUR #Arch #PeppermintOS #KaOS #Ubuntu #AlpineLinux #KDE #AsahiLinux #COSMIC #FosseryTech

We have tagged and released v0.8.3 of the Asahi Installer, which includes a fix to make Asahi installations visible to the macOS 27 boot picker and Startup Disk applications. If you installed the macOS 27 beta and have been affected, please re-run the installer from macOS. There is a new option that will set a bootable flag in the Asahi APFS volume's metadata, making it compatible with macOS 27. All new installs will have this flag set automatically going forward.

We are still discussing a solution for existing installs to avoid requiring everyone to run commands manually. It is possible to apply the required fix by running commands from Linux/*BSD, however this is not our preferred solution.

In addition to this bug, macOS 27 also introduces changes to the SMC's firmware interface for battery status information. These changes confuse our driver, which may trigger unexpected emergency shutdowns. A fix for this has been developed but has not yet been released.

Our advice remains to avoid the macOS 27 developer beta, and developer betas more generally. It is unlikely that they are tested on machines with third-party OSes installed on them, and are not suitable for production systems.

#AsahiLinux

Asahi Linux warnt: ⚠️ Die macOS‑27‑Beta „Golden Gate“ erkennt Asahi‑Partitionen nicht mehr; der Installer blockiert Installationen unter der Beta. Empfehlung: nicht updaten, sekundäres macOS behalten oder auf separatem Laufwerk testen. 🔁💾 #AsahiLinux #macOS27 #GoldenGate #WWDC https://www.heise.de/news/Asahi-Linux-warnt-vor-Upgrade-auf-macOS-27-Golden-Gate-11329636.html

Asahi Linux warns users not to upgrade to macOS 27 “Golden Gate” beta — Apple’s boot picker changes hide Asahi partitions (no data lost). Project urges keeping macOS 26 as default or using a secondary drive; installer disabled on macOS 27. Read: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Asahi-Linux-warns-against-upgrading-to-macOS-27-Golden-Gate-11329685.html 🚫🔧🍏 #AsahiLinux #macOS27 #Apple

#macOS27 beta boots #AsahiLinux off #AppleSilicon

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/10/macos-27-beta-boots-asahi-linux-off-apple-silicon/5253587

#Apple #Linux #FOSS #Asahi #Mac #macOS