Updated on 2026/10/17
Asahi has partnered with Fedora to run Linux (Fedora Asahi Remix) on M1, M2 and M3 Apple computers.
To install the latest version of Fedora Asahi Remix:
curl https://alx.sh | sh
As of May 2026, I am running Fedora 44.
There does not appear to be an easy way to remove Fedora Asahi Remix from an Apple Macbook [2].
In May 2026, I decided to do a clean install. I did this by following Apple's procedure for wipping the data before selling the machine Add References. This is a good alternative, if you are not actively running the mac os for anything.
Every 5 minutes Fedora will go to:
http://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt
I've read that this has something to do with a captive portal, which I believe is what you see the first time you login from a hotspot or hotel, and you have to enter the portal's user name and password to get access to the Internet. If so, then why are not the other Linux distributions doing this?
You can disable this by:
To check for updates:
dnf check-update
To install the updates:
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
Vi Improved, Vim, is not installed by default. Install it:
sudo dnf check-update
sudo dnf install vim
Create and install a vim runtime configuration file in your home directory. My ".vimrc" file is:
set pastetoggle=<F2>
set showmode
set number
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set autoindent
set wrap
set linebreak
set mouse=a
filetype plugin indent on
let g:html_indent_inctags="html,head,body,style"
syntax on
For reasons unknown to me, Fedora-Asahi-Remix, Vim and Gnome-Terminal do not work well together. Two finger strolling with the track-pad is so fast that it is unusable. After trying a number of things [1,2], I finally install another terminal emulator, "foot" [3]. It solved all my problems.
To install "foot":
sudo dnf install foot
The easiest way to run foot is to pin the foot icon to the Dash. You can als run a foot server and client.
Altenatively, you can run foot in background from the Gnome- terminal:
foot &
then you can close the Gnome-termainal. This leaves the foot terminal open.
A sample foot configuration file is at:
/etc/xda/foot/foot.ini
Copy the sample configuration file to $HOME/.config/foot and make appropriate changes [4,5,6].
Without a doubt, I love the form factor of the 2015-2017 Macbook Retina. So much so that I considering spending good money in 2026 on fixing my 2016 Macbook display and getting a new battery and installing the Linux distro Debian. However, after doing some research, it is not good candidate for installing Linux on [1].
Set the setuid flag on the following:
sudo chmod u+s /bin/mount
sudo chmod u+s /bin/umount
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/mount.cifs
Create a mounting point directory:
sudo mkdir /media/mounting-point-directory
Add a mount statement to your /etc/fstab file. For example:
//NAS_IP/Shared_Folder /media/mounting-point-directory cifs username=NAS_user_name,noauto,users,vers=3.0,rw 0 0
Note the "noauto". Hence, you must manually mount the network attached storage:
mount /media/mounting-point-directory
Also note that the password was not included in the fstab statement. Hence, you will be prompted for the password when you manually mount the drive.
The same procedure for installing Nordvpn on a Raspberry Pi also works here:
sh <(curl -sSf https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)
On Fedora 40 - Asahi Remix, the SSH Server (ssh daemon) does not start up at boot. This may be a good thing since this is running on a MacBook Air M2, and you usually do not want someone logging into a laptop. However, for testing purposes, you want it enable.
To determine if the SSH Server is currently running:
sudo systemctl status sshd.service
To enable the SSH Server for the current session:
sudo systemctl start sshd.service
To stop the SSH Server:
sudo systemctl stop sshd.service
Fedora Asahi Remix does come with a vnc compatible client, KRDC.
TigerVNC for Fedora-Asahi-Remix is a polished, complied program unlike the Raspberry Pi version that ran in Java.
To install the viewer:
sudo dnf install vncviewer
To run it from the GUI, just enter the IP address of the server. It will prompt you for a user_name and password.
The best I can determine, it sends the user_name and password over the LAN in plan text!
For a secure connection, you need to first establish a ssh tunnel:
ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 user_name@Server_IP_Address
Then run the GUI, but for the server enter:
localhost:5900
Now everything that goes to localhost:5900 is sent to user_name@Server_IP_address:5900.
In order to establish the secure tunnel, I had to boot without autoconnect Nordvpn enabled.
Fedora Asahi Remix come with a vnc compatible client, KRDC (K Remote Desktop Computer). However at the present, KRDC and wayvnc do not have a compatible authentication method.
You can make it work by disabling authentication. In /etc/wayvnc/config set authentication to false:
enable_auth=false
However, this allows anyone to login without a user name or password.
You could create an SSH secure tunnel, but you would also have to do this on any clients that were running the RealVNC viewer.
Select the medium speed connection. Selecting the high speed connection causes the screen to tear on my MacBook Air M2 over WiFi.
To install Filezilla:
sudo dnf install filezilla
Fedora 40 does not come with a pre-installed video player.
Before you can install VLC, you have to add and enable the RPM Fusion repository:
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Then install VLC:
sudo dnf install vlc
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