Alyssa Rosenzweig steps down from Asahi Linux after achieving full open-source GPU support on Apple Silicon 
Her work enables full graphics, compute & desktop support on M1/M2 Macs under Linux 
This follows founder Hector Martin exit earlier this year—Asahi now continues under collective leadership 
Regular reminder for anyone who might have an Apple Silicon based Mac that Asahi Linux is a thing and a good thing. It's not just Intel Macs that can play nice with Linux.
I love my little M1 Macbook Air. It's great hardware and never gets overheated. But sometimes I need to play with Linux instead of MacOS.
Asahi installation was able to hive off a small partition during setup to dual-boot. It's very smooth and makes for a great desktop. I've got Firefox and LibreOffice and even Proton VPN running nice. It's ready for prime time.
Am sending this toot from Asahi Linux right now :)
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 :)
So, a few weeks into using my newly #Ubuntu powered mid-2011 #Mac and I'm still very much enjoying it. Knew that the RAM on the machine was a bit wanting (even still, the OS runs fast). So I opened up another same model Mac I have to repurpose some RAM. Discovered that I've been running the Ubuntu machine on only 4gb and the other Mac on 16. So now the Ubuntu machine has 12gb and continues to feel like I've purchased a brand new computer.
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/
Post 2/4
Installing Ubuntu on an old MacBook Pro by the Christmas tree 
#ubuntu #linuxonmac #macbookpro #linux
Después de estar unos días probando la versión KDE de Fedora Asahi remix, he de decir que funciona bastante bien.
Lo único reseñable sería la compatibilidad con software ya que hay mucho software que todavía su versión para Linux no está disponible para la arquitectura aarch64.
#fedora #apple #asahi #linux #linuxonmac
This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
Xfce 4.20 released with experimental Wayland support (Labwc and Wayfire compositors), HiDPI displays, support for SVG wallpapers on large screens, support for setting custom colors for icon labels and icon backgrounds, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/xfce-4-20-desktop-environment-released-with-experimental-wayland-support
Kali Linux 2024.4 released with Linux kernel 6.11.2, GNOME 47, Python 3.12, Pipx instead of Pip, new tools, discontinued 32-bit builds, improved Raspberry Pi support etc.:
https://news.itsfoss.com/kali-linux-2024-4-release/
Fedora Asahi Remix 42 released with KDE Plasma 6.2, GNOME 47, x86/x86-64 emulation integration including support for AAA games based on Vulkan 1.4, initial setup wizard based on Calamares:
https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-2
Ubuntu provides users easier access to latest Intel drivers with support for Intel Arc B580 and B570 “Battlemage” discrete GPUs:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ubuntu-intel-battlemage-gpu-driver-preview
System76's AMD-powered Pangolin Linux laptop gets 2K display, AMD Ryzen 8945HS processor, AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics, up to 96GB DDR5 5600 MHz RAM, up to 16TB storage:
https://9to5linux.com/system76-refreshes-their-amd-powered-pangolin-linux-laptop-with-2k-display
DXVK 2.5.2 released with implementation for D3D9 shader validation interfaces, bug fixes for The Sims 2 and other games:
https://9to5linux.com/dxvk-2-5-2-improves-support-for-alpha-protocol-borderlands-2-and-other-games
(FOSS news in reply)
Always satisfying when the obscure error you're running into is one that someone else has not only encountered, but has already found and written about the solution as well.
With Debian 11 on a 2014 Mac Mini, the Ethernet adapter will drop if it's handling moderate to heavy traffic. Turns out its a known kernel bug with a relatively simple solution, too.
Alter Mac?
Mit Linux wird er wieder schnell und wird noch einige Jahre Freude machen.
Wenn das aktuelle macOS nicht mehr installierbar ist, dauert es nicht lange, bis die Zertifikate für gesicherte Verbindungen ungültig werden (3 Monate).
Linux wird noch viele Jahre funktionieren.
Finally got round to doing a full factory reset and clean install on my retired #MacBookAir2012 8GB ram A1466 ! Updated Mountain Lion to the last supported OS, #Catalina. Partioned the 500GB SSD for dual booting into my upcoming daily driver: #LinuxMint 21.3 Cinnamon! Really excited.
If this all goes to plan, I want to replace the non-existent battery, reapply new thermal paste (12y+ old) and get an adapter for a NVMe ssd in there.
