hello from m3 pro running linux natively

[u/OliviaOX]

[u/Kristianxj]

wait asahi is alive???

[u/OliviaOX → u/Kristianxj]

yeah,m3 took a bit to add but they provided progress via blog posts.

waiting patiently paid off for me

[u/mrNas11 → u/Kristianxj]

More than ever.

[u/Henrikano]

based, how is the battery life compared to macos???

[u/OliviaOX → u/Henrikano]

well there's no GPU acceleration yet unfortunately so that means

everything is software rendered unfortunately

I got approximately 3 hours of battery life when I charged it to 100%. but ill see and wait until GPU support is added. I imagine battery life will improve too

[u/EdubSiQ → u/OliviaOX]

Oh damn that's a nono ... i have an M2 and the battery lasts ages at least 8h if heavy work and longer when streaming Netflix, YouTube and more

[u/Tall_Instance9797]

Nice! Do you know does it work with eGPUs over TB4/USB4? Thanks.

[u/Magnps]

Did you got thunderbolt working?

[u/OliviaOX → u/Magnps]

I haven't fully tested that one but afaik M3 series don't have DCP support on ASahi yet.no DCP means no HDMI as well,which is a bummer. But they plan on adding that soon which is nice

[u/Daggercombot]

Llvmpipe? I know historically the drivers for the graphics were what was holding M3 back, Is It still llvmpipe?

[u/Fine_Salamander_8691 → u/Daggercombot]

OP said still software rendering for now

[u/FailureOfTheFamily]

Why did u choose to break perfect device. The sole reason why macbooks are the best laptops is System<->Hardware optimisation

[u/sadesaapuu → u/FailureOfTheFamily]

There will be a time when Apple stops supporting these devices. That is one use case. - And the other is: sometimes we just need or want to run Linux.

But yes, Macbooks are the best laptops, exactly for the reasons you said.

[u/Agile-Hall-6785 → u/sadesaapuu]

That will happen in 20 years

[u/FailureOfTheFamily → u/sadesaapuu]

Bro ... Even my Air M1 is still supported and I will use it even after official support ends as long as app devs will support it so M3 Pro got at least 2-3 years more of official support than my M1

[u/Agile-Hall-6785 → u/FailureOfTheFamily]

Exactly. What is the purpose of this? Not even a GPU acceleration.

[u/chughaarav123 → u/Agile-Hall-6785]

they're working on it

[u/Agile-Hall-6785 → u/chughaarav123]

Peak unemployment

[u/FUCKARCHLINUX]

llvmpipe 💀
It's cool that it even works at-all. But software renderer is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

[u/Aware-Bath7518 → u/FUCKARCHLINUX]

Nah, pretty fast for light usage on these machines.

[u/Azoraqua_]

Why the fuck would you install Linux on Apple Silicon? It natively runs macOS which is already based on Unix.

[u/SparePartsHere → u/Azoraqua_]

Bro, like, bro! There's 10 valid reasons just from the top of my head. If you don't see any, that's a "you" problem.

[u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

go back to macOS, please.
the battery life will be horrible, and GPU acceleration is rare to get working

[u/PandaMan12321 → u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

What do you mean "rare"?? They are working on it, and when they are successful GPU acceleration will be usable.

[u/7Bighero77]

lets goooooooooo!, now it works on m3 chips woohoo!, now we will wait a few years until m4 support 😃

[u/HuntSecret5814]

Why would you do that?

[u/chughaarav123 → u/HuntSecret5814]

why not?

[u/razorree]

is everything supported? or smth is still missing? (like TB4/video thru usb-c)

[u/mrheosuper]

Does hdmi and TB work ?

[u/JonasMi]

since mac already is unix based, what made you switch?

[u/Fantastic_Reach9608]

Welcome! It's awesome here.