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Anybody here use Asahi Linux? (self.linux)

submitted 2 days ago by chagall to c/[email protected]

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What do you like about it?

What do you not like about it?

Is it a completely bonkers proposition to buy a refurbished M2 Mac only to wipe it and put Asahi on it?

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[–] just_another_person 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well allow me to retort:

"Works" is not the same as "works well". As you mentioned, the bare minimum of it working has been achieved...kudos I guess.

The hardware is proprietary, and without someone devoting a LOT of time to reverse engineering the drivers to a point of, let's say, 90% functionality, there is literally no point except to say "I can run a Linux kernel on this thing".

The point of even having the hardware to begin with is the battery lifetime with the power draw from the SoC. As you noted, you don't get that benefit from Asahi. Not the full GPU power, or the audio hardware, or the networking, USB-C, external displays, Thunderbolt, or the onboard security features, or the network offloading...I can go on.

Why would anyone buy a machine that is designed to run a specific OS, just to run a different OS on it and lose all the benefits of running that hardware in the first place? Bragging rights?

It's a stupid purchase if you just want a good Linux machine. Framework is a much better buy.