Question in title, I somehow ended up with an M2 Macbook and wanted to see if anyone has experience running Asahi (either version).

  • EcoMaowist [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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    7 months ago

    Thanks for the info! I was running KDE as I thought it would be 6, so I’ll probably switch back to GNOME. Most of the issues I have had with it so far are related to the ARM processor (I think?) and software compatibility (Tor Browser, Mullvad Browser), Hardening I would usually do not working, and still not knowing how to full disk encrypt. Battery life is already much better than my old laptop running Fedora, so the worse battery performance doesn’t matter to me too much.

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      7 months ago

      running KDE as I thought it would be 6, so I’ll probably switch back to GNOME.

      As a KDE fan I am deeply saddened oooaaaaaaauhhh /j

      Tor Browser, Mullvad Browser

      Yeah those browsers don’t offer ARM support just yet, Firefox has support for ARM (and even pre-compiled binaries) so I’d expect ARM support to come soon, I’d suggest you shoot the maintainers an email or open an issue and ask for an ARM port.

      Hardening I would usually do not working,

      Yeah Asahi Linux ARM is different from other ARM processors, like the fact that the kernel is compiled to only support 16K pages which can cause problems with some applications.