Linux boosts performance on old Macs due to its efficiency & lightweight nature compared to newer versions of macOS. Ubuntu is free, offers long-term support, and allows deep customization for a ...

We’ve seen Linux running on Apple Silicon Macs before, but this week marks the first time you can run Fedora Linux on M1 and M2 Macs. This is a collaboration between Asahi Linux and the Fedora Project ...

A few months ago, running Linux on Apple's M1 and M2-powered Macs became possible. It wasn't easy, mind you. But thanks to the work of Asahi Linux developers, it could be done. Now, Asahi founder and ...

M1 Mac Linux 6.2 support is now available – an achievement that Linux creator Linus Torvalds originally saw as an impossible task. It can be run on the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra chips. Torvalds ...

I used to daily drive Linux when I first ditched Windows, before I got my first Mac. I turned to using lightweight Linux distros on old MacBooks in the pre-Apple silicon era, but these days, most of ...

With so much news at 2025's Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, you might be excused for missing that Apple quietly revealed it was releasing and open-sourcing a new open-source containerization ...

The Asahi Linux project has released the first conformant OpenGL ES 3.1 drivers for Apple silicon Macs in a significant update for improved gaming performance on Macs running the Linux operating ...

Cybersecurity professionals and researchers can now launch Kali Linux in a virtualized container on macOS Sequoia using Apple's new containerization framework. During WWDC 2025, Apple announced a new ...

The ongoing Asahi project to bring Linux to Apple Silicon has reached a milestone, adding the first conformant GPU driver for the family of chips. The Asahi Linux project for Mac first teased plans to ...

One of the key differences between Apple's Macs and the iPhone and iPad is that the Mac can still boot and run non-Apple operating systems. This is a feature that Apple specifically built for the Mac, ...

Background: I have a spare early 2015 Macbook Pro (model A1502 EMC2835) that chugs on Wind10. I'm considering a Linux install. Use case: This would be for my 10 yr old daughter to mostly use ...

If you're running Asahi Linux and want to game on your M-series Mac, then there's good news, but you'll probably want to play games literally in any other way until it is more streamlined — if then.