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[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I have no idea what asahi linux is and at that point I am to afraid to ask

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fedora linux distribution for apple silicon (M series) computers

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With added firmware/drivers for better hardware compatibility

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think my comment really undersold the work that the Asahi team has been doing

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Asahi means “rising sun” in Japanese, and it is also the name of an apple cultivar. 旭りんご (asahi ringo) is what we know as the McIntosh Apple, the apple variety that gave the Mac its name.

If you're thinking what I'm thinking, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with beer.

[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't it cause its the handle of the main dev?

[–] imikoy@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, lead dev is marcan. Asahi Lina is a vtuber who had reverse-engineered Apple GPU and wrote the driver for it (in tandem with Alyssa Rosenzweig)

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

They are both on Mastodon. Lina just posted an updated list of games, there's a ton of them

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Linux distro for apple ARM devices with reverse engineered drivers.

[–] imikoy@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Asahi Linux is the "have linux run on apple M series CPUs" project