When will Asahi Linux be ready enough for me to take a Zoom call on a 2023 MacBook Pro?
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2026
1.1%
Before April 2024
3%
April 1 - June 30 2024
13%
July 1 - September 30 2024
17%
October 1 - December 31 2024
20%
January 1 - March 31 2025
15%
April 1 - June 30 2025
9%
July 1 - September 30 2025
7%
October 1 - December 31 2025
16%
Not before 2026

Asahi Linux is a project to support Linux on post-2020 Apple computers (that is, those that use Apple Silicon). It is taking a while to complete, given that Apple Silicon is an "entirely undocumented platform".

I want to know when I'll be able to take a Zoom call, with or without headphones, on a 2023 14-inch MacBook Pro using an M3 chip (not M3 Pro or M3 Max). Specifically, I'll say this can happen when the following features are all listed as supported on the relevant wiki page:

  • Installer

  • Devicetree

  • Main display

  • Keyboard

  • Touchpad

  • WiFi

  • 3.5mm jack

  • Speakers

  • Microphones

  • Webcam

"Supported" means not a WIP: I'll count it as supported if it's listed as asahi-edge, linux-asahi, or upstreamed on the current wiki page. If the wiki page goes down, I'll do my best to ascertain whether developers are representing the features as usable. I'll only count features as "listed as supported" if it's displayed on the relevant website for >=24 contiguous hours (so an accidental error quickly reversed wouldn't count).

All dates are in Pacific Time. The question is which date range contains the end of the first 24-hour period when all these features are supported.

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bought Ṁ100 July 1 - September 3... NO

Update on M3 and Asahi: Due to a bunch of reasons, I think we're going to be focusing on existing M1 and M2 series chips for a little while, so M3 support will probably be delayed (at least from my side).
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I definitely expect M3 work to move forward this year, but I won't be prioritizing it over the other stuff at least personally. We are ticking off a lot of tasks off for M1/M2 though, so this is a finite issue.

https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/112277289414246878

bought Ṁ500 Before April 2024 NO

It's now April 2024 and I can't make a Zoom call on a 2023 MBP, as judged by the wiki page.

Their Mastodon seems to be the main way they communicate about updates: https://social.treehouse.systems/@AsahiLinux