Fedora Asahi Remix Officially Released for Apple Silicon Macs - 9to5Linux
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Fedora Asahi Remix is now available for download as a Fedora Linux spin that runs on Apple Silicon Macs with the KDE Plasma desktop.

Announced in early August and initially planned for the end of the month, the Fedora Asahi Remix distribution is finally here for those who want to install the Fedora Linux operating system on their Apple Silicon Macs.

The distro is based on the latest Fedora Linux 39 release and ships with the KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment by default, using Wayland.

  • @heliumlake
    24•5 months ago

    Been daily driving Asahi (first ALARM then Fedora when they transitioned) and it’s been exciting to experience in real time how far the project has come. When I first installed, audio didn’t work, the graphics driver was incomplete, and battery life left a lot to be desired. Skip to today and it’s evident how committed marcan and other contributors are to not just porting, but making everything feel right. Highly suggest following him or Lina on Mastodon.

    • @[email protected]
      5•5 months ago

      This is awesome. What hardware are you running (m1 or m2)? Also, is there anything that isn’t working?

      I’ve been eyeing to buy a m* silicon based mac, but I’m not into tinkering into fixing things.

      • @heliumlake
        1•4 months ago

        Sorry a bit let to reply, but I’m running on M1 Air and Mini. Off the top of my head, built-in microphone doesn’t work and external displays don’t work through USB/Thunderbolt. Was also having trouble getting my audio interface to work even in class compliant mode. Otherwise it’s a very polished and easy experience.

    • mFatEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      How is battery life compared to Mac os?

      • @velitedi
        3•5 months ago

        Bad, but marcan has mentioned elsewhere that there’s a lot of room for improvement in this space, both active and idle