Asahi Linux¶
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Introduction¶
Asahi Linux is a build of Arch Linux for Apple Silicon devices. The goal of the project is to reverse-engineer that hardware and work towards upstreaming support for it in all of the various open source projects in the Linux community.
Installation¶
Requirements:
macOS >= 12.3
53 GB of free space
There is no offline installation media yet. Asahi Linux must be installed using an online connection to download the latest in-development packages.
The installation will configure a dual-boot. Since Ashai Linux is not stable yet and macOS provides updated firmware files, macOS is left installed.
Three options are provided for the installation:
Ashai Linux with the KDE Plasma desktop environment
Ashai Linux without the KDE Plasma desktop environment (terminal only)
UEFI environment for testing other Linux operating systems
Start the installer:
$ curl https://alx.sh | sh
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Bibliography¶
“The first Asahi Linux Alpha Release is here!” Ashai Linux. March 18, 2022. Accessed June 17, 2023. https://asahilinux.org/2022/03/asahi-linux-alpha-release/