Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

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Post by jasoneckert » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions
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Re: Fedora Asahi Remix first impressions

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Post by mixmastamyk » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 5:08 PM UTC

Nice post.

Wondering if/when dependence on macOS will be eliminated? I don’t mind a small recovery partition on disk for… what, firmware updates? But otherwise would prefer macOS get completely out of the way.

Is that a thing that is possible, or will we always be reliant on an “activated” macOS?

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Post by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

>my peripheral devices work

I would live a little more detail on this.

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Post by CharlesW » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 5:27 PM UTC

mixmastamyk wrote: post #2

Nice post. Wondering if/when dependence on macOS will be eliminated? I don’t mind a small recovery partition on disk for… what, firmware updates? But otherwise would prefer macOS get completely out of the way. Is that a thing that is possible, or will we always be reliant on an “activated” macOS?

If I understand it correctly, that partition is not loading macOS, and is necessary for loading any OS — Asahi Remix, macOS, etc.

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-vs.-PC-Boot

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Post by throwawaykk4 » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 5:47 PM UTC

Why help Red Hat at all when they are becoming more like IBM each day?

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Post by znpy » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 5:55 PM UTC

Fedora has been really doing an incredible job at creating a great distro for everyday use.

I kinda regret going back and forth between debian and ubuntu when ubuntu started getting shitty, should have moved to fedora eons ago.

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Post by andrewmutz » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

Would Asahi linux on an apple laptop be the best Linux laptop experience these days for someone who prioritizes fanlessness?

It seems the other ARM option is the ThinkPad X13s, which presumably has lower performance.

Anyone have experience running linux on these machines and can compare the experience and hardware compatibility?

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Post by RealStickman_ » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 6:10 PM UTC

throwawaykk4 wrote: post #5

Why help Red Hat at all when they are becoming more like IBM each day?

Fedora contributors are the ones maintaining the packages and they might have more work now if something breaks on the M1. This only "helps" Red Hat in that they can get more testing on ARM.

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Post by pacifika » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 6:12 PM UTC

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs wrote: post #3

>my peripheral devices work I would live a little more detail on this.

Also which year of Mac Studio are we talking about here.

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Post by pacifika » Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 6:12 PM UTC

mixmastamyk wrote: post #2

Nice post. Wondering if/when dependence on macOS will be eliminated? I don’t mind a small recovery partition on disk for… what, firmware updates? But otherwise would prefer macOS get completely out of the way. Is that a thing that is possible, or will we always be reliant on an “activated” macOS?

You’ll need it for firmware updates.