Asahi Linux says M3 Mac support no longer requires Expert mode
Asahi reports sleep and notch-area display support for M3, alongside partial Thunderbolt support, early M5 boot work and a shift to GPLv2 or later.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Hacker News
Why it matters
M3 general availability widens the pool of Macs that can run Asahi as a regular install, while DCP adds sleep support and use of the display area around the notch. M3 graphics work has only reached a first triangle, Thunderbolt lacks dock tunnelling, and M5 support stops at a text terminal. The GPL transition also changes how others can build commercial products on Asahi's reverse engineering.
Asahi Linux has made M3 Mac support generally available without the installer EXPERT flag, closing a cautious rollout that began in September 2026. In its Progress Report: Linux 7.3, published on November 7th, the project said it received "almost no issues" from early M3 adopters.…
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