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Apple Silicon On Linux Now More Capable For Gaming With Latest Mesa + Steam On FEX


Alyssa Rosenzweig provided an update today at the XDC 2024 conference in Montreal on the open-source 'Honeykrisp' Vulkan driver for Apple Silicon M1/M2 SoCs within Mesa and related work as part of the Asahi Linux project to provide for a nice Linux gaming experience atop the ARM-based Apple devices.

Alyssa Rosenzweig provided an update today at the XDC 2024 conference in Montreal on the open-source " Honeykrisp" Vulkan driver for Apple Silicon M1/M2 SoCs within Mesa and related work as part of the Asahi Linux project to provide for a nice Linux gaming experience atop the ARM-based Apple devices. Steam on Fedora Asahi Remix is leveraging FEX for emulating x86 Linux binaries on ARM and then with the likes of Steam Play (Proton / Wine) paired with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for allowing Direct3D Windows games to ultimately run atop Apple Silicon on Linux with the open-source GPU driver stack. More details and screenshots of the improving gaming support for Apple Silicon devices atop Linux via Alyssa's blog.

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