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Asahi Linux


Last Update: 2025-10-02 22:13 UTC

Asahi Linux is an open-source project that ports Fedora to Apple computers that use Apple's silicon-powered (AArch64) processors, including installation scripts, drivers and documentation. As these Macs do not support booting from external storage devices, installation is carried out in a MacOS terminal via a Python script that creates a new hard disk partition and offers a choice of several installation scenarios, including two desktop options with KDE Plasma or GNOME. The project's goal is to polish Asahi Linux to the point where it can be used as a daily operating system on any modern Mac computer.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 382 (8), 6 months: 382 (17), 3 months: 341 (35), 4 weeks: 249 (48), 1 week: 236 (48)

Average visitor rating: 10.0/10 from 1 review(s).

Asahi Summary
Distribution Asahi Linux
Home Page https://asahilinux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/c/neighbors/asahi/92
Alternative User Forums Mastodon •
Documentation https://asahilinux.org/docs
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://asahilinux.org/fedora/
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites GitHub • Wikipedia
Reviews  
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://asahilinux.org/support/ •

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Feature 42 41 40 39
Release Date 2025-04-15 2024-12-17 2024-05-08 2023-12-19
End Of Life        
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB)        
Free Download Python Script Python Script Python Script Python Script
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma
Package Management RPM, Flatpak RPM, Flatpak RPM, Flatpak RPM, Flatpak
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems        
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support        
Full Package List 42 41 40 39
Package 42 41 40 39
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.13 1.2.12 1.2.11 1.2.10
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- 23.0.0
apparmor (4.1.2) -- -- -- --
apt (3.1.12) -- -- -- --
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.32 5.2.26 5.2.15
bind (9.20.15) -- -- -- --
chromium (142.0.7444.162) -- -- -- --
cinnamon (6.4.13) -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.14) 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.7 2.4.7
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.47.0
ffmpeg (8.0) -- -- -- --
firefox (145.0) 136.0.3 131.0.2 124.0.1 119.0
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.16.0 1.15.10 1.15.6 1.15.4
freetype (2.14.1) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.13.1
gcc (15.2.0) -- -- -- --
gimp (3.0.6) -- -- -- --
git (2.51.2) 2.49.0 2.47.0 2.44.0 2.41.0
glibc (2.42) 2.41 2.40 2.39 2.38
gnome-shell (49.1) 48.0 47.0 46.0 45.0
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06
gtk (4.20.2) 4.18.2 4.16.3 4.14.2 4.12.3
httpd (2.4.65) 2.4.62 2.4.62 2.4.58 2.4.57
inkscape (1.4.2) -- -- -- --
kmod (34.2) 33 33 31 30
krita (5.2.13) -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.8.3) 25.2.2 24.8.2 24.2.2 7.6.2
Package 42 41 40 39
libselinux (3.9) 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5
linux (6.17.8) 6.14 6.11.4 6.8.5 6.5.6
mariadb (12.0.2) 10.11.11 -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- --
mesa (25.3.0) 25.0.2 24.2.4 24.0.5 23.2.1
mysql (9.5.0) -- -- -- --
nautilus (49.1) 48.0 47.0 46.0 45.0
NVIDIA (580.105.08) -- -- -- --
openjdk (25) 21.0.6.0.7 21.0.4.0.7 21.0.2.0.13 17.0.6.0.10
openssh (10.2p1) 9.9p1 9.8p1 9.6p1 9.3p1
openssl (3.6.0) 3.2.4 3.2.2 3.2.1 3.1.1
perl (5.42.0) 5.40.1 5.40.0 5.38.0 5.38.0
php (8.4.14) -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.5.2) 6.3.4 -- -- --
postfix (3.10.5) -- -- -- --
postgresql (18.1) -- -- -- --
Python (3.14.0) 3.13.2 3.13.0 3.12.2 3.12.0
qt (6.10.0) 6.8.2 6.7.2 6.6.2 6.5.2
samba (4.23.3) 4.22.0 4.21.0 4.20.0 4.19.0
systemd (258.2) 257.3 256.7 255.4 254.5
thunderbird (145.0) -- -- -- --
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- --
wayland (1.24.0) -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.20) -- -- 1.20.14 1.20.14

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Version: 42
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-06
Votes: 1


 Asahi Linux works very well with M2 Mac Mini almost one year now . Except thunderbolt/USB 4 displays all other components working and desktop feel like very smooth and responsive

Updates are very smooth with no issues at all till now and updated to latest kernels all the times

Installation to Mac Mini M2 is easy as guided script is very interactive and after installation hold power button for 10 seconds to get the boot menu

Graphics work also good, opening 8K youtube videos works very well with maximum 4GB of ram . By idle it uses around 1.5GB of Ram






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