Fedora Asahi Remix is the perfect Linux distro for Apple Silicon-based Mac computer systems, developed in collaboration between the Fedora and Asahi Linux workforce. The most recent replace makes it even higher, although it’s nonetheless not an ideal expertise.
Asahi Linux is the primary venture to carry desktop Linux to Mac computer systems with ARM-based Apple Silicon chips, which has concerned loads of reverse-engineering and constructing drivers. In 2023, Fedora Asahi Remix became the flagship distribution, and subsequent updates have continued enhancing the expertise. Fedora Linux 41 was launched for many PCs and servers on the finish of October, and now the Asahi Linux model is accessible.
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 contains all of the adjustments from the opposite variations of Fedora 41, together with the shiny new GNOME 47 and KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environments, and updates to the DNF 5 bundle administration software. This model additionally provides x86/x86-64 emulation, permitting extra PC apps and video games to work on Asahi Linux, in the identical means Rosetta 2 works on macOS.
The Asahi workforce showed off progress on emulation earlier this yr—together with its Vulkan 1.4 drivers and the Wine compatibility layer, video games like Management, Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Portal 2, and Hole Knight to run with respectable efficiency. Asahi Linux is definitely forward of macOS right here, since Apple doesn’t natively help Vulkan.
The weblog publish explains, “Fedora Asahi Remix gives KDE Plasma 6.2 as our flagship desktop expertise. It additionally includes a customized Calamares-based preliminary setup wizard. A GNOME variant can also be accessible, that includes GNOME 47, with each desktop variants matching what Fedora Linux gives. Fedora Asahi Remix additionally offers a Fedora Server variant for server workloads and different varieties of headless deployments. Lastly, we provide a Minimal picture for customers that want to construct their very own expertise from the bottom up.”
Regardless that Asahi Linux is undoubtedly spectacular, it’s nonetheless not as polished of an expertise as macOS on the identical {hardware}. M1 Macs are finest supported, however some performance is lacking on M2 Macs (just like the microphone on the 2023 MacBook Professional), and help for M3 Macs continues to be within the early phases. There’s no official compatibility in any respect with Apple’s newest M4 fashions but. For those who simply must run some Linux software program in your Mac, a virtual machine may be a greater possibility, or the software program you want may be recompiled for Mac and accessible by means of Homebrew.
You possibly can obtain Fedora Asahi Remix with the instructions on the Asahi website.
Supply: Fedora Magazine
