M2: Episode 1 (or, Asahi Linux on M3)
Key points
Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with M3 series chips: support has been merged into the installer. The announcement is dated 6 September 2026.
What works
- Almost everything already supported on M1 and M2 machines: webcam, internal microphones, USB up to the hardware limit of USB 3 at 10 Gb/s, hardware-accelerated video decoding including AV1, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
What does not work yet
- The GPU and full DCP (display) support. The project says not to expect performant or power-efficient 3D acceleration for now and promises news in the coming months.
- Sleep, because of limitations of the firmware-provided framebuffer; this waits on DCP support.
- The HDMI port on MacBooks that have one, for the same reason.
- The Mac Studio with M3 Ultra. MacBooks and iMacs with M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max are supported.
How to install
- Run the installer from a macOS terminal and follow the prompts:
curl -L https://alx.sh/ | sh- Once Asahi Linux is installed, do a system upgrade with
dnf upgrade --refresh. - Support was initially gated behind the installer's Expert mode. An update dated 15 September says Expert mode is no longer required.
Summary by DistroNews, based on the original post.
It’s been a while since we did a blog post outside of the progress reports, and today’s as good an occasion for one as any; support for M3 series machines has now been merged into the installer. In other words, Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with an M3 series SoC! Linux support for M3 series SoCs and the machines powered by them is now in a state where almost everything supported on the M1 and M2 series machines just works.
This is the summary Asahi Linux Blog published with the story. The full text is on the original page.
Read the original at asahilinux.org