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Asahi Linux Progress Report - Linux 6.14

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Amazing to see Asahi Linux push ahead despite the headwinds - gaining D3D12 AND microphone support AND fex, AND bundled nicely up with all the goodies in Fedora 42.

Thanks to a very small number of generous humans your M-series Macbook will still be usable even after Apple declares it vintage - and in the meantime you have an alternative which works better for gaming, and hardware support will only keep getting better.

Congrats to those whose work made this update such a bonanza.

TIL that spoofing my Referer header does not change the document.referrer JS property.

> Given the nature of what we do, this can mean spending upwards of $10,000 a year on Macs.

Please know that donating isn’t just about helping the developers financially, it’s also needed just to purchase new Mac’s every year to test & support (because each new M-series requires additional development to work).

You can donate here: https://asahilinux.org/support/

>You can donate here

This project is not a non-profit organization.

I'd love to see a ledger, rather than blindly trust donations are used responsibly.

Who even owns the donation account?

Are you suggesting it's a for profit organization?

If so, where can I buy Asahi Linux for use? Or pay for Asahi Linux software support?

Regarding wanting to see a ledger, their Board minutes can be read here: https://asahilinux.org/docs/project/board/asahi-board/

You need a specific organization structure, registration, and certain documentation requirements to be a formal non-profit organization. Asahi Linux doesn't seem to have that.

I’d be very happy if they could introduce disk encryption by default or maybe with a yes/no question during the installation. Because the current way to do it is a little bit to difficult and unsafe for me to be honest:

https://davidalger.com/posts/fedora-asahi-remix-on-apple-sil...

The beamforming bit is neat. I have no personal experience with it, but I was surprised that 2cm separation between the microphones was enough. Do any other laptops use this technique for noise rejection?

https://archive.is/jl83u

Does anyone know if they have made any progress on M3 support?

As I understand it’s very unlikely to happen anytime soon as the M1/2 GPUs are very similar but M3 has a completely new architecture. With their reduced staff and the GPU in the M1/2 being notoriously simple in retrospect we’re probably years away.

At this point in time, Asahi would do well to officially disassociate from problematic drama-attracting developers.

They already did?

Or maybe people should mind their own business and don't harass others

Absolutely agree, but what is Asahi meant to do? Ask nicely?

Possibly true, but it's also worth noting that the weirdos who develop Asahi do, in fact, do good work.

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