Asahi Linux on M3

It’s been a while since we did a blog post outside of the progress reports, and today’s as good an occasion for one as any; support for M3 series machines has now been merged into the installer. In other words, Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with an M3 series SoC!

距离我们上次发布进度报告之外的博文已经过去一段时间了，今天正好是一个发布新消息的好时机：M3 系列机型的支持现已合并到安装程序中。换句话说，Asahi Linux 现在正式支持搭载 M3 系列 SoC 的 Mac 了！

Linux support for M3 series SoCs and the machines powered by them is now in a state where almost everything supported on the M1 and M2 series machines just works. This includes the webcam, internal microphones, USB (up to the hardware limit of USB 3 10 Gb/s), hardware accelerated video decoding including support for AV1, WiFi, Bluetooth, and much more! The only major exceptions remain full DCP support and the GPU, which we will have more news on in the coming months. Do not expect performant or power-efficient 3D acceleration right now.

目前，M3 系列 SoC 及其驱动的设备对 Linux 的支持已达到与 M1 和 M2 系列机型几乎完全一致的水平。这包括摄像头、内置麦克风、USB（最高支持 USB 3 10 Gb/s 的硬件限制）、包含 AV1 支持的硬件加速视频解码、WiFi、蓝牙等等！目前仅有的主要例外是完整的 DCP 支持和 GPU，我们将在未来几个月内发布相关消息。请勿期待现阶段能有高性能或高能效的 3D 加速。

Given that a lot of this work is fresh, support is gated behind the installer’s Expert mode. Users who wish to give Asahi Linux a try on an M3 series machine can do so by running curl -L https://alx.sh/ | EXPERT=1 sh in a macOS terminal and following the prompts. Please remember to do a system upgrade (dnf upgrade --refresh) after you have finished installing. We are aiming to drop the Expert requirement in time for the release of the Fedora Linux 45 beta in a couple of weeks, barring any major regressions or other showstopping issues.

鉴于许多工作尚处于初期阶段，该支持目前仅在安装程序的“专家模式”（Expert mode）下可用。希望在 M3 系列机器上尝试 Asahi Linux 的用户，可以在 macOS 终端中运行 curl -L https://alx.sh/ | EXPERT=1 sh 并按照提示操作。请记住在安装完成后进行系统升级（dnf upgrade --refresh）。除非出现重大回归或其他阻碍性问题，否则我们计划在几周后 Fedora Linux 45 Beta 发布时取消对“专家模式”的要求。

There are some known limitations to be aware of, however: Sleep currently does not work due to limitations with the firmware-provided framebuffer. This will be addressed once full DCP support is wired up for M3. Similarly, the lack of DCP support means that the HDMI port on equipped MacBooks is currently disabled. Although MacBooks and iMacs are supported (M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max), the Mac Studio (M3 Ultra) is not yet supported.

不过，仍有一些已知的限制需要注意：由于固件提供的帧缓冲区（framebuffer）存在限制，目前睡眠功能无法使用。一旦 M3 的完整 DCP 支持就绪，这个问题将得到解决。同样，由于缺乏 DCP 支持，配备 HDMI 接口的 MacBook 目前无法使用该接口。虽然 MacBook 和 iMac（M3、M3 Pro 和 M3 Max）已获得支持，但 Mac Studio（M3 Ultra）尚不支持。

As always, we would like to thank our generous supporters on both OpenCollective and GitHub Sponsors. Support for M3 is the culmination of years of hard work from multiple people, many of whom have only been able to access M3 hardware because of your support.

一如既往，我们要感谢 OpenCollective 和 GitHub Sponsors 上慷慨的支持者们。对 M3 的支持是多位成员多年辛勤工作的结晶，其中许多人正是因为有了你们的支持，才得以接触到 M3 硬件。

We are looking forward to hearing all your feedback, and hope you enjoy using Asahi Linux on your M3 devices just as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you. Stay tuned for more updates and happy computing!

我们期待听到大家的反馈，希望你们在使用 M3 设备运行 Asahi Linux 时，能像我们开发它时一样感到快乐。请持续关注更多更新，祝大家使用愉快！

James Calligeros · 2026-09-06