Linux project for Mac with Apple silicon 'Asahi Linux' announces that it will participate in the Fedora project and release 'Fedora Asahi Remix'



The Asahi Linux project, which aims to run Linux on Macs with Apple silicon, has announced that it will join the Fedora project and release ' Fedora Asahi Remix ' as a flagship distribution. Fedora Asahi Remix is scheduled to be released at the end of August 2023, and a test version has been released at the time of writing.

Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix - Asahi Linux

https://asahilinux.org/2023/08/fedora-asahi-remix/



Since Apple announced the ``M1'' in November 2020, new Macs have come to be equipped with Apple's proprietary Apple silicon. However, in the early days of Apple silicon for Mac, there was a problem that 'Linux distribution does not work on Mac with Apple silicon'.

The Asahi Linux project is a project aimed at running Linux distributions on Apple silicon-equipped Macs, and has developed various software such as the boot loader ' m1n1 ' for Apple silicon-equipped Macs and GPU drivers . ARM 'based Linux distribution for Mac with Apple silicon 'Asahi Linux Arch Linux ARM remix' was also released.

According to the Asahi Linux development team, in the early stages of Asahi Linux development, Mr. Neil Gompa, a member of the Fedora development team, an RPM-based Linux distribution, contacted me asking if I would like to integrate Asahi Linux work into the Fedora project. He said. After that, 'The Fedora Asahi project' will start in 2021, and in 2022, in parallel with the release work of Asahi Linux Arch Linux ARM remix, the development of Fedora integrated distribution 'Fedora Asahi Remix' will proceed, and in 2023 In August we entered the final stages before release.

All Fedora Asahi Remix bootloaders such as `` m1n1 '' and `` asahi-scripts '' are managed as Fedora packages and can be used by all Fedora users.



The development team said, 'By using the (Fedora) infrastructure, we can continue to focus on what we do best: reverse-engineer hardware and develop bespoke drivers. In addition, we're giving users of Macs with Apple silicon We will be able to deliver a better experience by using

Fedora Asahi Remix is scheduled to be officially released by the end of August 2023, and the official website has already been released at the time of writing the article. Also, the official site has a command to try the test version.

Fedora Asahi Remix
https://fedora-asahi-remix.org/



in Software, Posted by log1o_hf