Linux running natively on M1?

[bogdanw]

Good read: Fedora Ars Technica - "Asahi Remix 40 is another big step forward for Linux on Apple Silicon Macs"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...step-forward-for-linux-on-apple-silicon-macs/

 

[diggy33]

Good read: Fedora Ars Technica - "Asahi Remix 40 is another big step forward for Linux on Apple Silicon Macs"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...step-forward-for-linux-on-apple-silicon-macs/

Think I might go ahead and slap this on my 2020 13-inch M1 MBP. My primary Linux machine is a Lenovo P52 running Fedora 40 with KDE Plasma, so it'd be fun to see how it compares against the M1.

 

[gank41]

I'm looking forward to a fresh install of Fedora 40 once I get my M1 MBP back from service. Now's my chance to adjust the space allocated to Linux.

 

[Xiao_Xi]

Notable with Tuesday's release of Box64 0.2.8 is support for running Linux games on 16K page size systems. Notably this means Linux x86_64 games can now run on the Mac M1 and other Apple Silicon systems relying on a 16K page size for their kernel. Unity3D game engine titles and other games can now be played "with no issues" now.

Box64 0.2.8 Released With Support For 16K Page Size - Allowing Games On Apple Silicon - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

 

[Xiao_Xi]

Finally, conformant Vulkan for the M1! The new “Honeykrisp” driver is the first conformant Vulkan® for Apple hardware on any operating system, implementing the full 1.3 spec without “portability” waivers.

Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month

 

[Xiao_Xi]

The Vulkan driver for M1/M2 SoCs is so good that it can run AAA games.

AAA gaming on Asahi Linux

Alyssa gave a presentation on this today.

XDC 2024 - Day 2 - October 10, 2024

www.youtube.com

 

[leman]

This is very impressive work, much respect for the team who achieved it!

 

[gank41]

This is very impressive work, much respect for the team who achieved it!

Just updated and installed on my M1 MBP. Installing steam was as easy as sudo dnf install steam

 

[Romain_H]

This is very impressive work, much respect for the team who achieved it!

Understatement of the year 😬. I wonder what planet their home is. That's just sick (in a good way)

 

[dmr727]

Just updated and installed on my M1 MBP. Installing steam was as easy as sudo dnf install steam

Sigh...dammit you convinced me. Gonna give this a go on my M1 MBA.

 

[gank41]

Sigh...dammit you convinced me. Gonna give this a go on my M1 MBA.

One thing I noticed is that after the install finishes, it'll launch the "Steam Deck" version of Steam, which is cool! But you can still open and run the "Regular" app version of Steam, too. Now just need some more games to work with Linux. Although I've managed to use ScummVM for those games.

 

[Xiao_Xi]

Has anyone tried running a benchmark on an M1/M2 SoC on Linux? What is the difference between the performance of an M1/M2 SoC on Linux and macOS?