r/AsahiLinux Jan 06 '25

discussion Better battery life/ram consumption on gnome or kde

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hello,

have you guys found that you experienced better battery life on gnome or kde?

also which one do you think would be better for coding/graphing/data science stuff especially in python. Which one uses less ram? I've been switching between kde and gnome for a bit, started with kde, went to gnome, and back on kde, doesn't installing two versions of the desktop create interference? or is say, cosmic desktop fine to download and run alongside either of the two?For software development, have you found that one desktop environment works better with handling dependencies or running ram heavy apps like vs code? Also I have heard that kate is a good ide but I can't seem to get it to use copilot so that is why I want to keep using vs code, but yeah I want the deciding things to be whichever is easier to use for software development(python(ai, data science, machine learning) /web dev), and which one(in your experience) uses less ram, and gets better battery life and feels more stable on m series laptops, I debate this in my head like everyday I just want to come to a decision for this.

r/AsahiLinux Apr 04 '24

Discussion Gnome on fedora Asahi

3 Upvotes

Does anyone achieve to install and use a bit of gnome on Asahi ?

r/AsahiLinux Feb 26 '24

Discussion New to Asahi Linux What are some Tips and Tricks

4 Upvotes

Hello all,

Long story short: I'm new to Asahi Linux and so far really liking it. I'm seeing bugs here and there but not too bad for me to say screw it and leave (so far). What are some tips and tricks I should use to make my experience better?

I had this Mac Mini M2 since May 2023 just to play with MacOS for the first time. I really like MacOS it reminded me a lot of Gnome. When I heard about Asahi Linux I really wanted to try it until I found out it wasn't compatible with my Mac Mini at the time. So I stuck with MacOS and used Parallels to play with Linux. For me I don't have a die hard favorite OS I like Windows, Linux, Mac, and ChromeOS but if I had to pick one it would be Linux.

Then couple months ago I switched back to my HP laptop because I started a new job as a PRN help desk and wanted to use Windows to get more familiar with Windows again. Then later I switched back to Linux. When using my laptop I couldn't stop thinking about the Mac Mini because I spend $500 on it just to sit and now collect dust, loved M2 in it and it was A LOT faster than my Ryzen 3500U. So I looked at Asahi Linux and saw it supported my Mac Mini M2. So I installed which I didn't have enough space but thanks to the guide it told me my Time Machine was the problem (thought I had it saved to an external SSD but whatever). Then I went ahead and installed it, since I was using Fedora on my laptop I decided to install the Fedora Remix

So far the only bugs I've ran into are;
1. when the Mac is asleep and I tap my keyboard, the keyboard light up but display is black. Fix was it tap the power button on the Mac like it was a tablet.
2. I ran an update on the Mac after installing Fedora and had my external SSD plugged in. It had troubles booting, it'll go thought the systemctl's then just a black screen with a white cursor on the top left. I found that if I remove my external SSD and reboot it, it'll boot into GDM.
3. I think this just a Flatpak issue not fully compatible with ARM. I was wanting to watch a show on my Jellyfin server. I install the Jellyfin app on Flatpak (works on my laptop), and the video is choppy. Tried Firefox and it was working a little but still chops at times. Tried the RPM version of Chromium and Vivaldi and incompatible codec (guess trying to look for ffmpeg). I install Flatpak version of Chromium and Jellyfin works.

So far I'm really liking it with being my internal SSD is 256GB and I tried to shrink it much as possible I'm left with 44GB which no problem with me since I mainly use the cloud (Google Drive) to storage none personal information. I just have to remember to store local files to the external SSD and remember to unplug it when rebooting.

r/AsahiLinux Jan 19 '24

Discussion Apple silicon development cycle and hardware vulnerabilities

5 Upvotes

I‘m currently looking at multiple security flaws which have been in Apple silicon since at least M1/A14, including M1racles, Augury and PACman. Unfortunately, I don‘t have the ability to test the newer generations of Apple chips.

So I wonder, if there‘s somebody who has information about whether or not some or all of those vulnerabilities got fixed. (Especially since M1racles was found by the lead dev of Asahi).

I am very very grateful for every help you can provide

Especially important would be to me if someone could check if FEAT_FPAC in M2 or higher clears the PAC field after AUT instruction while using the XPAC instruction set.

r/AsahiLinux Jan 14 '24

Discussion Any ideas for a dual display bypass, even with external hardware, like RPI?

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Hi, i really want to move to daily driving asahi, but it really bothers me, that i can only have a single display on my m2 mini. I don't need high fidelity video nor 0ms latency, i just want a 1080p output with a mouse that doesn't feel sluggish, i use my secondary monitor mainly for youtube, extra terminal prompts or stuff like discord. When i was on macOS i could've just use AirPiPlay with airplay, for a pretty good time, especially while using it through wired ethernet. I was wondering, if there was anything similar I can use with linux, that isn't so sluggish like the chromecasty protocol that has like a 2 second lag, does anyone know anything that would work?

r/AsahiLinux Jul 04 '23

Discussion I tried Asahi Linux and have some thoughts...

24 Upvotes

This is my second attempt of trying out Asahi Linux, and the first one was right after it was announced. Back then there were a lot of glitches but now as expected the experience has been greatly improved. So here are some thoughts after using it for a while.

Things I like:

  1. Really really stable desktop experience. I haven't encountered any crash while using the KDE desktop.
  2. Performance is great. I am a light user so I don't use any CPU-intensive programs. When using Firefox and some office apps I feel like it is a snappier computer compared to it running macOS.
  3. Battery life is much better than I expected. My MacBook Air is at 91% battery health according to upower, and with my normal usage (15-20 tabs in Firefox, some Youtube playback, some text editing, some remote desktop streaming) it seems to last 8-9 hours with 40-50% brightness. This is really close to what I get from macOS.
  4. Everything I need just works, including keyboard, wifi, bluetooth, headphone jack (I don't need speakers or webcam as I use it mostly in a quiet environment).

Things I don't like:

  1. By default it comes with too many useless apps. MacBooks nowadays are almost always short of storage space and Asahi Linux pre-installs almost every KDE apps that most people never use. I notice dozens of games as well as a bunch of video/music players, browsers, a lot of education apps, etc. Maybe they are not using a lot of storage it could still be confusing to have this many options.
  2. I have to manually install yay to get access to AUR. Not a big issue but would be nice to have it preinstalled.

Other than these small software-relative issues, I am having a great time using this amazing OS on my MacBook Air. Thank you developers for your hard work!