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I have no idea what asahi linux is and at that point I am to afraid to ask
Fedora linux distribution for apple silicon (M series) computers
With added firmware/drivers for better hardware compatibility
Yeah, I think my comment really undersold the work that the Asahi team has been doing
If you're thinking what I'm thinking, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with beer.
Isn't it cause its the handle of the main dev?
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)
They are both on Mastodon. Lina just posted an updated list of games, there's a ton of them
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Asahi+Linux+&ia=web
Or Let Me Duck That For You for added snarkiness
TIL: that exists.
Asahi Linux is the "have linux run on apple M series CPUs" project
Linux distro for apple ARM devices with reverse engineered drivers.