Asahi Linux uses DNF. It's essentially Fedora with the extra trimmings to make it Apple Silicon friendly.
Managed to install ProtonVPN after translating their cryptic instructions. Their CLI example didn't work for Asahi but pretending you have Fedora gets it over the hurdle.
Now just need to convince UpNote that Linux also runs on non-Intel hardware.
Asahi Linux is working very nicely on my little M1 MacBook Air. I wanted a clean environment that I could trust as secure.
Maybe I'll be inspired to spend a little more time writing code, updating the website, and tinkering with some FOSS.
It's very fast. Very clean. Mastodon looks peachy in my Firefox browser too :)
What is the status on #firmware updates for #arm #Snapdragon Laptops?
Can they be updated with #fwupd, or do you need a Windows dualboot?
On #AsahiLinux you need a #MacOS partition to update the firmware. But the Snapdragon laptop firmware might be more open? Are there differences between manifacturers, like #Lenovo supporting fwupd normally?
Looks like M4 support for #asahilinux is going be rather painful. We’re still focusing on upstreaming M1/M2 support but other people have been trying to bring up m1n1 on M4 and it looks like a few things changed:
When configuring a macho boot object we now get dropped into an environment where Apple’s SPTM is running in GL2 and we are supposed to talk to it from EL2 with MMU already enabled to setup pagetables. This neither works for Linux nor for running XNU under our hypervisor to reverse engineer the new hardware.
When configuring a raw boot object we’re dropped into EL2 with GL2 and most (all?) Apple specific extensions disabled. This is totally fine for Linux but we can’t run XNU under our hypervisor that we use to reverse engineer the hardware in this state. This also seems to be broken for >=15.2 right now because it probably isn’t very well tested 
Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta Released: Run Linux on Apple Silicon Macs #FedoraAsahiRemix42Beta #AsahiLinux #Fedora42 #Linux #AppleSiliconMacs #Opensource #Releases
https://ostechnix.com/fedora-asahi-remix-42-beta-released/
The cool thing I always find with reading up on #AsahiLinux's progress reports is the often, "elegant" solutions required/implemented by #Apple for their hardware, and the Asahi Linux team reverse engineering and reimplementing it, bringing some of that "elegance" and brilliantly engineered/designed solutions over to #Linux (perhaps in a better way, working with retrospect and all).
Honestly this project is a win-win for a lot of parties - again, the (incredibly talented) Asahi team is able to replicate/reiterate on some of these brilliant designs Apple's done and bring them to Linux, Apple has been receiving important reports of some well hidden bugs found by the Asahi team throughout their development, and #Rust is becoming increasingly more present in the Linux kernel which as I've grown to understand is a very important "fight". Heck, this project has even brought to light some of the nasty parts of the Linux (development) community that a lot of users wouldn't have known about, that critically needs fixing.
https://asahilinux.org/2025/03/progress-report-6-14
https://www.wacoca.com/news/2426684/ Hector Martin、Asahi Linuxプロジェクトリーダーも辞任 | gihyo.jp #AsahiLinux #gihyo.jp #HectorMartin #linux #Science&Technology #ScienceNews #TechnologyNews #テクノロジー #技術評論社 #科学 #科学＆テクノロジー
Asahi Linux founder Hector Martin resigns over kernel conflict, community putting too much pressure on him, burnout:
https://ostechnix.com/asahi-linux-founder-hector-martin-resigns-over-kernel-conflicts/
(Unfortunately this toxicity is pretty common nowadays in the Linux and FOSS community. All this political nonsense (making projects overly political, and on the on the other hand, abusing devs because of their political opinion), users taking things for granted, don't appreciating devs' hard work (don't forget that the vast majority of them do it in their spare time!), saying that this and that software sucks and nobody should use them (like many (or a few loud?) KDE users do with GNOME, or Arch fanboys with other distros) just because they personally don't like those software (if you're not one of them, cheers to you, otherwise please try to think with the head of the GNOME, Debian etc. devs, how do they feel when they see such toxicity). And no, I don't say that criticism shouldn't be expressed, but it should be constructive, and not like "this software sucks arse because only that other software satisfies my needs" or "these woke/Nazi devs should frick off")
(The Linux kernel project is a dumpsterfire these days, with C vs Rust wars and other nonsense, that doesn't help either)
Linux kernel 6.14 RC2 available with KVM improvements, file system updates, networking fixes, graphics (DRM) fixes, changes in Apple Silicon kernel maintenance:
https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-6-14-rc2-released/
Wine 10.1 released with root certificate fixes for Battle.net, Bluetooth driver enhancements, bug fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/wine-10-1-brings-root-certificates-fixes-for-battle-net-and-bluetooth-driver-enhancements/
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Asahi Linux Founder Hector Martin Resigns Over Kernel Conflicts #AsahiLinux #AppleSilicon #Mac #Linux #HectorMartin
https://ostechnix.com/asahi-linux-founder-hector-martin-resigns-over-kernel-conflicts/
«Linux on #AppleSilicon is such a bad idea. Do you think Apple is going to make your life easier by porting that?»
And eventually wasn't Apple itself, but its users, what hindered the project.
I notice Asahi Lina is not on the list. Odd, considering she is the project's namesake.
Passing the torch on Asahi Linux
"As the remaining developers, we are taking this as an opportunity to build sustainable project governance. No matter how talented an individual, a large project cannot rest on a single person’s shoulders. So instead of one replacement… we have seven"
Asahi Linux founder Hector Martin has resigned from the project, but a group of seven developers will take over leadership of this project that brings Linux to Apple laptops and desktops with M series processors. 2025 roadmap includes DisplayPort Alt Mode, DirectX 12, and internal mic support. https://buff.ly/3EDMkb6 #AsahiLinux #Linux #AppleSilicon #MacBook
@bamboombibbitybop Personally, I do wish #HectorMartin and everyone else involved with @AsahiLinux / #AsahiLinux only the best.
@lina et. al. please sent him my regards. Him choosing to GTFO [or whatever] is valid.
@bamboombibbitybop for real?
Cuz If I look up his account it says "Account banned by moderator!" ...
Seriously, that makes two folks that I do care who went dark / got yeeted...
Hallo Zusammen, ich bin #neuhier.
Der Name ist Justin, ich arbeite als #daten -Ingenieur, bin in der #jugendvertretung und #aktiv in der #IGM Jugend.
Außerhalb von Beruf und #ehrenamt widme ich mich meinem eigenen Server #selfhosting
ich begeistert mich für #opensource #klimaschutz , #demokratie und #datenschutz
Ich fahre viel #fahrrad und ernähre mich #vegetarisch
Mein Setup:
#grapheneos on #googlepixel
#docker_compose on #homelab
#asahilinux on #macbook m1
Anregungen gerne gesehen :)
@eosfpodcast should say yes, then ask the AI to tell you how to install #asahilinux
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is available now!
Thank you to the @AsahiLinux project for the improvement to gaming that is landing with this update. You will also see a new Calamares-based initial setup wizard. Try it out!
Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-41-is-now-available/
Fedora and Asahi Linux have introduced preliminary gaming support on Apple Silicon Macs, enabling AAA games with x86 emulation and Windows compatibility. The experience is a bit rough now, but future updates are expected to improve performance.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/asahi-linux-enables-preliminary-aaa-gaming-on-apple-silicon-macs-with-x86-emulation/
How does anyone use #Gnome? I decided to give it a shot on my #asahilinux install this morning, and that lasted... 5 minutes. Scaling, choice of 100% or 200%. There's a reason why I have #cosmicde set at 75% (80 would be better, but not available). And then there's the question of how you move between work spaces, and finally it borked my #signal install so that I now have to open it from the terminal.
#linux
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