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The Asahi Linux for Mac project has made some improvements, with the latest version adding initial support for M2 chips as well as the Mac Studio, along with Bluetooth.

The Asahi Linux for Mac project has made some improvements, with the latest version adding initial support for M2 chips as well as the Mac Studio, along with Bluetooth.

Porting Linux to Apple Silicon

Asahi Linux adds support for Macs with M2 chips

A project to run Windows natively on Apples M1 chips is underway, but challenges lay ahead

A new unofficial project is underway which is working to add native support for running Microsoft's Windows 11 on Apple Macs which run on Apple Silicon like the M1. However, these are very early days.

"Asahi Linux aims to bring you a polished Linux experience on Apple Silicon Macs," explains the projects web site. And now that first Asahi Linux alpha release is out — ready for testing on M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max machines (except Mac Studio): Were really excited to finally take this step ...

In her efforts to develop an open source graphics driver for the M1, Alyssa Rosenzweig recently found a quirk in the render pipeline of the M1's GPU....

Gaming on Linux has always been a bit more complicated than on Windows (or game consoles), and one reason for that is Nvidia’s poor driver support on Linux. That’s now changing, though it’s unclear how much the situation will improve.

An alpha of Asahi Linux has been released for Apple's M1, and the reviews are showing the potential it has, and the problems Apple has with macOS.