Asahi Linux Still Working on Apple M3 Support, M1n1 Bootloader Going Rust

Re:Asahi Linux Still Working on Apple M3 Support, M1n1 Bootl... by dangus on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:27PM (#45698230)

But then you have a 5 year old laptop that’s going to lose official Apple software support in 5 years and become a paperweight unless you install your choice of ONE Linux distro.

If you don’t specifically have a memory bandwidth-constrained workflow this doesn’t matter at all and having upgradable memory is still better for most people.

If Framework starts using CAMM modules or releases a Ryzen AI board with soldered RAM this difference is lessened/disappears.

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Re:Asahi Linux Still Working on Apple M3 Support, M1n1 Bootl... by evertedsphere on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:35PM (#45698300)

> choice of ONE Linux distro

fwiw the asahi kernel and patches are usable from other distros just fine; i've done it on nixos in the past and the linked blog post shows some stuff running on gentoo

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Re:Asahi Linux Still Working on Apple M3 Support, M1n1 Bootl... by dangus on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:53PM (#45698454)

Sounds like a bunch of extra work and potential bugs/issues compared to “download iso, install iso”

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Re:Asahi Linux Still Working on Apple M3 Support, M1n1 Bootl... by NaomiLehman on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:57AM (#45744334)

But it's so slow. Why not just buy a new MacBook Pro every 2 years with more RAM and a faster CPU? The machine makes us money. I mean, I don't know what you guys are doing.

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